SIAKA MOMOH
Thirteen new nations, including Nigeria, has officially joined BRICS as partner countries, though not as full members.
The announcement was made during the BRICS summit held in Kazan, Russia, from October 22 to 24, 2024.
The 13 countries are Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.
?BRICS, an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, and China, expanded in 2010 to include South Africa. The group has since added Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates as full members, all of whom attended this year’s summit as full participants.The organization aims to foster trade, investment, development, security, and cooperation among leading emerging market economies.
The 2024 summit, themed “Strengthening Multilateralism for Fair Global Development and Security,” marked the 16th annual gathering of the bloc, with a focus on enhancing economic integration with key emerging nations.
Nigeria’s inclusion as a partner country aligns with previous statements in November 2023 by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, who expressed the country’s intention to join BRICS as a full member within the next two years, leveraging its large economy and population.
What is in BRICS for Nigeria? What is in BRICS for Africa? The piece below, written by Mthuli Ncube published in https://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com on12 July 2013, spells it out.
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