The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has urged G20 leaders to use their platform to drive reforms that give developing countries a real voice in shaping global policies.

Guterres also called on the G20 leaders to make global economic governance more inclusive. This as he says Africa has long been underrepresented on the global stage.

His remarks come as different heads of state arrive in the country for the G20 Summit, which kicks off tomorrow at Nasrec in Johannesburg.

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Guterres was briefing the media in Johannesburg ahead of the summit.

“Developing countries, in particular in Africa, are suffering from a perfect storm of shrinking fiscal space, crushing debt burdens and the global financial architecture that is failing to support or even represent them adequately,” says Guterres, arguing that the continent has suffered a lot from colonialism.

“Africa has been a double victim of colonialism. First, through centuries of exploitation and plunder, and then again when international institutions were created, when most African countries were still under colonial rule and their voices were absent from the table. Today, Africa remains woefully under represented across global institutions, and these must change,” he adds.

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