Algeria : How Tebboune’s team botched its BRICS bid

For the Tebboune administration, the disappointment has left a bitter aftertaste but also an awareness of certain dysfunctions. During the 15th BRICS summit from 22 to 24 August in Johannesburg, the Global South club of emerging powers not aligned to the West unanimously voted to invite six nations to join as full members on 1 January next year. Those included two African nations, Egypt and Ethiopia. Algeria’s bid, deemed robust and