US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that no US government official would attend the upcoming G20 Summit in South Africa later this month over purported “human rights abuses.”

“Afrikaners (People who are descended from Dutch settlers and also French and German immigrants) are being killed and slaughtered, and their land and farms are being illegally confiscated,” Trump wrote in a post on social media. “No U.S. Government Official will attend as long as these Human Rights abuses continue.”

South Africa rebuffed Trump’s accusation and called his announcement “regrettable”. Here is what to know.

First, who are Afrikaners?

Afrikaners are white South Africans who have descended from mid-17th century Dutch settlers in the country, and speak a language called Afrikaans. They nota

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