Saturday, January 18, 2025

Africa’s most populous country becomes BRICS partner

from RT

Nigeria, Africa’s fourth-largest economy and the world’s sixth-most populous nation with over 228 million people, has been formally welcomed into the broader group of BRICS partner states, according to Brazil, the bloc’s current rotating president.

The Foreign Ministry of Brazil announced on Friday that Nigeria has become the ninth official BRICS partner, joining Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan.

“In exercising its pro tempore presidency of BRICS, the Brazilian government announces today, January 17, 2025, the formal admission of Nigeria as a partner country of the grouping,” the ministry stated.

The Brazilian government praised Nigeria for its “convergent interests with other members of BRICS” and its “active role in strengthening South-South cooperation and in reforming global governance.”...

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