African Union: future role in BRICS+ and G20

... the Global South of which perhaps the most important has been the AU-led creation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The African Union is in the process of accession to the core of the G20 grouping as a full-fledged member and is also ... ... for the AU to become a permanent part of the BRICS/BRICS+ decision-making process? Calls for other regional blocks to join the EU as members of G20 have been voiced years ago[1] and with respect to the African Union they have become much more vocal in the ...