African Union: future role in BRICS+ and G20
... on the world stage and the increasing support for African economic integration both regionally and globally. In fact, one of the few positive trends in the global economy in recent years has been the greater prominence of regional integration in 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 a participant of the BRICS+ meetings that in turn are increasingly targeting regional groupings from the Global South. What ...