The splendour of the 15th BRICS Summit has come and gone. The rendezvous in the so-called “Africa’s richest square mile,” Sandton, north of Johannesburg, was quite a diplomatic spectacle which brought together 60 developing countries from across the Global South, as well as the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The summit was a watershed… Continue reading The Expanded BRICS Group is Set To Increase its Influence Globally
Author: DR DAVID MONYAE
BRICS Countries Need To Strengthen Internal Unity and Solidarity To Avoid Western Narrative Traps
In the last 15 years, the BRICS group has made good on its founding mandate of shaping a new global development pattern. The longevity and the increasing appeal of the BRICS group, as evidenced by many countries’ desire to join the group, have surprised many who dismissed it as a marriage of convenience, which would… Continue reading BRICS Countries Need To Strengthen Internal Unity and Solidarity To Avoid Western Narrative Traps
China-Africa Relations Will Not Be Determined By The Whims Of US Foreign Policy
China’s newly appointed foreign minister Qin Gang completed a weeklong trip to Africa, which took him to five countries, namely Angola, Ethiopia, Benin, Gabon and Egypt, from Jan 8 to 16. Qin was following in the footsteps of his predecessors who for the past 32 years have made it a norm to visit Africa at… Continue reading China-Africa Relations Will Not Be Determined By The Whims Of US Foreign Policy