"South Africa's Dilemma: Hosting Putin at August Summit"

South Africa is trying to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin not to attend an economic summit in the country next month to avoid the legal and diplomatic consequences of his international arrest warrant for war crimes involving the abduction of children from Ukraine. As a signatory to the International Criminal Court treaty, South Africa is obligated to arrest Putin, but opposition parties and rights groups have threatened to do it themselves. Allowing Putin to attend the BRICS summit would strain South Africa's relations with the West, and the country is now attempting to convince Putin not to travel to South Africa during the Russia-Africa summit.