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 France's major Africa summit in Nairobi in May.
The decision came amid strained relations between Washington and Pretoria over issues including trade tariffs, South Africa's case against Israel, and criticism of its domestic policies.
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