Africa Fills Vacuum Left by Washington's Absence on Global Stage

A continent recalculating; how Africa is filling the vacuum Washington left behind

When the G20 leaders’ summit convened in Johannesburg last November, the empty chair reserved for the United States said more about the state of the international order than anything spoken from the podium. Washington had boycotted its own founding forum rather than sit under an African presidency it accused of hostility toward its own citizens. […]

By Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie