G20 Connect: Africa, India, South Africa and Global South
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s request to his G20 counterparts in June 2023 to invite the African Union to become a permanent member of the grouping...
Prigozhin death will disrupt Wagner Group activities in Africa
While it might be too early to assess the effects of the deaths of Yevgeny Prigozhin and other leaders on the Wagner Group’s operations in...
China’s Africa Strategy is Shifting from Extraction to Investment – Driven from the Industry-Rich Hunan Region
China experienced a massive economic boom in the 1990s and 2000s which increased its demand for resource imports, like oil, from Africa. This led to a model...
The XV BRICS Summit closes with key declarations
The 15th BRICS Summit, which took place between 22 and 24 August in Johannesburg, concluded with some key declarations, including adding six more countries to...
Beyond Bread: Ukraine-Africa Diplomacy
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, African countries have been lukewarm towards Kyiv’s cause. In March 2022, only 28 out of 54 states on the continent...
BRICS bloc adds six new members
The BRICS group of emerging economies has admitted six new members, its leaders announced on the final day of the bloc’s 2023 Summit held in...
The BRICS leaders agree on expansion
The 24 August 2023 marked the third and final day of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. On the second day of the summit,...
Brics Summit 2023 declarations adopted
Senior Researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs Gustavo de Carvalho discusses the declarations from the 2023 BRICS summit on Radio 702’s Clement...
UN Secretary-General deliver remarks at the BRICS Summit
In his remarks on the last day of the BRICS Summit 2023, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said “multipolarity without strong multilateral institutions is no...
BRICS countries continue to retain their independence
Some political analysts have assessed that the BRICS nations may adopt a more obvious anti-Western stance, but South Africa, India, and Brazil have all expressed...