Africa: All of Africa Today – March 27, 2026

South Africa Excluded From G7 Summit as France Opts for Kenya

South Africa has been disinvited from the upcoming G7 summit in France. The French government has denied initial reports that the US government asked for South Africa to be excluded, and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said there had been no such pressure. South Africa had been invited as an observer, and is not a member of the G7. France said it had opted for a “streamlined G7”, inviting Kenya instead to help prepare…