Why Africans Want to Join BRICS – Foreign Policy

African countries seeking to join BRICS.

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The highlights this week: BRICS leaders meet in South AfricaNigeria’s government freezes fuel price hikes, and Zimbabwe holds another questionable election.

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A summit of the BRICS group—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—began yesterday in Johannesburg. At least 30 of the more than 60 heads of state and government invited to join the meeting were from Africa.

Attending the summit in person are Chinese…