... due to internal political instability, can also be included in the list of the most promising BRICS member states from the African continent.
Table 1: African claimants to joining the BRICS: the size of economies and population numbers
Algeria
Egypt
Nigeria
Senegal
Sudan
Ethiopia
GDP (USD million)
165,548
405,911
459,031
27,511
25,976
96,280
GDP growth (% per annum)
+4.4
+4.1
+2.95
+6
+0.1
+3.2
Population (million)
44.18
109.26
213.4
16.88
45.66
120.28
Source: compiled by the authors on the basis of UNCTAD data for 2021....
... being cautious in this respect and is looking into the possibility of forming two test groups: large African countries (Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa) and a group of unstable Sahel states (the Central African Republic and Sudan). Time will tell whether this approach can help Russia come up with an African strategy [
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In the end, diversifying ... ... territories in the 19th century. See Ivan Loshkaryov. The Ethnic Identity Development of the Oromo People and Political Processes in Ethiopia in the 17th–20th centuries // Bryansk State University Gazette. 2018. No. 1 (35), pp. 105–110.
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