Ramaphosa closes G20 Summit with promise to see world leaders next year

President Cyril Ramaphosa closed the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg on Sunday, symbolically handing over the presidency to the United States in the absence of President Donald Trump amid tensions over U.S. claims of white genocide and land expropriations in South Africa. Despite the U.S. boycott and accusations of breaching protocols by adopting a declaration, the summit focused on key global challenges including climate change, geopolitical tensions, debt burdens on developing economies, poverty reduction, and calls for peace. Ramaphosa pledged continued cooperation, with a formal handover planned soon via the U.S. chargé d’affaires in Pretoria, underscoring the G20's commitment to inclusive progress.