Expansion. Ethiopia has formally asked to join the BRICS grouping of emerging economies ahead of the bloc’s annual summit in August. Though Ethiopia has a growing economy, it’s still less than half the size of the smallest BRICS member, South Africa. Egypt, Algeria and Bangladesh have also reportedly applied to join. Russian partnership. Bolivia reached […]
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Daily Memo: Ethiopia Asks to Join BRICS
Several other countries have also expressed interest in joining the grouping.




