France's President Emmanuel Macron walks past European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney during a plenary session on the first day of the G20 Leaders' Summit at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 22, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman

South Africa promoted it as a victory for the first G20 summit to be held in Africa and its aim to put problems, especially affecting poor countries, at the top of the agenda.

With the United States boycotting the meeting entirely, Macron said the group may be “reaching the end of a cycle."

The Group of Twenty (G20) summit opened in Johannesburg on Saturday, marking the first time the event is being held in Africa.

On his second day in South Africa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg and introduced as many as 6 new global initiatives.

The G20's role in fixing economic crises is threatened by geopolitical fractures, leaders warned Saturday at a summit in South Africa boycotted by the United States.European leaders attending the G20 summit -- the first held in Africa -- huddled on its sidelines to push back at a unilateral plan by US President Donald Trump aimed at ending the war in Ukraine on terms favouring Russia.

The G20 summit in Johannesburg exposed tensions over climate issues and geopolitical challenges as South Africa moved forward with a declaration rejected by the U.S. due to its climate stipulations. The declaration,

Leaders of the world's top economies have signed a joint statement at the G20 summit in South Africa, strengthening their commitment to the Paris Agreement. The only G20 member not present was US President Donald Trump, who urged world leaders not to sign ...