BRICS

Leaders of the BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa converged on Johannesburg on Tuesday for a summit where they will weigh expanding the bloc as some members push to forge it into a counterweight to the West.…

Chinese President Xi Jinping and  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have arrived in South Africa on Monday, where he is to pay a state visit and attend the BRICS summit, official media said. His stay in the African country…

BRICS leaders to meet in South Africa next week to discuss how to turn a loose club of nations accounting for a quarter of the global economy into a geopolitical force that can challenge the West's dominance in world affairs. Russian…

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that he supports more countries joining the BRICS group of large developing nations, which currently includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Lula's comments came hours…

South Africa's radical leftist opposition party, EFF, urged the leaders of China, India and Brazil to boycott the upcoming BRICS summit in solidarity with Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Speaking at an anniversary rally for South…

Top national security officials from South Africa, China, Russia, India and Brazil were set to advance among other things their common "BRICS agenda and cooperation on security-related matters", Minister in Presidency responsible for State…

China's top diplomat Wang Yi is meeting with top officials in several countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Turkey. Wang was in Nairobi and met with Kenyan president, William Ruto. On the 24th and 25th July Wang will be in…

Algeria has applied to join the BRICS group and submitted a request to become a shareholder member of BRICS Bank with an amount of $1.5 billion, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said. It added that Tebboune said at the end of his…

Around twenty countries from around the world have applied to join the BRICS group, which currently consists of five nations, and an equal number of other countries have expressed an interest, South Africa, which is hosting its next summit,…

South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced that next month's BRICS summit will be held in person. South Africa is the current chair of the BRICS, a group of countries that includes Brazil, Russia, India and China whose aim is to…