Why are Ethiopia and Egypt joining BRICS?
BRICS developing nations to admit six new countries including Ethiopia and Egypt
An episode of the Focus on Africa podcast, hosted by BBC World Service, titled "Why are Ethiopia and Egypt joining BRICS?" was published on August 25, 2023 and runs 27 minutes.
August 25, 2023 ·27m · Focus on Africa
Summary
The BRICS bloc of developing nations agreed this week s to admit six new countries. The countries Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - are set to join in January. Can this counter Western dominance?As thousands of UN troops speed up their pull out of Mali, despite a deteriorating security situation. We talk to BBC Arabic’s Feras Kilani the first journalist to travel to Northern Mali since French forces ended their military operation there two years agoPlus why are more airlines adopting the use of sustainable aviation fuel? We hear from an expert based in Kenya
Episode Description
The BRICS bloc of developing nations agreed this week s to admit six new countries. The countries Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - are set to join in January. Can this counter Western dominance?
As thousands of UN troops speed up their pull out of Mali, despite a deteriorating security situation. We talk to BBC Arabic’s Feras Kilani the first journalist to travel to Northern Mali since French forces ended their military operation there two years ago
Plus why are more airlines adopting the use of sustainable aviation fuel? We hear from an expert based in Kenya