Why African states are joining BRICS :: Mmegi Online

Geopolitical changes and the reconfiguration of economic architecture towards the Global South, under the rapidly-growing influence of BRICS+ (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) on the global stage, are driving the majority of African States to move away from the United States’ draconic hegemony, its hidden ambiguity and obscurity, as well as rules-based political order combined with authoritarianism.

Without much doubt, African States are increasingly showing skyline interest in BRICS+, primarily due to its distinctive-focused objectives, including global peace, the strategic development paradigms, food and energy security directions in the 21st century and beyond. Ultimately, African States are shrugging off relations with the Western and European world, alternatively settling for better beneficial economic cooperation and targeting to tap existing opportunities with countries in the Global South.

Researchers and policy experts have argued that the main aim within the association is to create conditions for the sustainable development for BRICS+ member countries and their people. There are other several factors or reasons, but for Africa, the central question remains what concretely these countries wanted to gain from BRICS+ association. This article explores some of the driving reasons.

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