The BRICS alliance is going to enlarge in 2024. With a population of more than 120 million the second most populated country in Africa, Ethiopia will be one of the new members. What are the country’s reasons for and expectations from a membership? We asked these questions to Awad Absulsebur, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Ethiopian news agency, the country’s official ...

BRICS’s its fifteenth summit in Johannesburg on August 22-24 came to the fore worldwide. The position of BRICS in a multipolar world and an alternative reserve currency to the dollar were the most discussed topics. And at the Summit, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Egypt and Ethiopia were set to enter BRICS from Jan. 1, 2024. Thus, Iran ...