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Algeria is interested in joining the BRICS, the economic bloc consisting of emerging economies, such as Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The appeal was publicly made by the Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune during a TV broadcast recently
Algeria is interested in joining the BRICS, the economic bloc consisting of emerging economies, such as Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The appeal was publicly made by the Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune during a TV broadcast recently.
Algeria’s president said that the group was an economic and political power that is capable of taking a neutral stand independent of the the two poles, ostensibly alluding to the developed and developing world. The bloc represents 42% of the world’s population and accounts for over 31% of the world’s GDP. The latest member to join the group was South Africa in 2011. The president recently took part in a video conference between the BRICS members at the end of June this year. Algeria, in recent times, is becoming important because of its energy resources and capability to provide energy resources to the western countries.
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In a separate development, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune called on the military in power in Mali to return to legality as soon as possible, thereby cajoling the neighbouring country to hand over the powers to the civilian government. The Algerian president has asked the current leaders of Mali to adhere to the will of the people and to for elections at the earliest. Algeria shares some 1,400 km of borders with Mali, its southern neighbour. The north African country took an active part in the peace agreement signed in 2015 with the pro-independence rebellion to end the war in Mali.
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President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said that terrorism existed in Mali . But some of it is fabricated and added that there were vested interests who wanted the situation never to improve. However, he did not elaborate on the vested interests who are perpetrating terrorism and violence. Mali has undergone the excruciating experience of two military coups in August 2020 and May 2021. Ever since, the Southern African country is facing attacks from terrorists and jihadists. Attacks by groups affiliated with al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, and violence by other armed actors, self-defence militias or criminal gangs are rampant in Mali.
