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Paramilitary group has an estimated 5,000 men and lucrative businesses across at least four African nations.

Leaders of some of the developing world's most important economies turned Wednesday to the main business of their summit in South Africa, a day after a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the gathering an anti-Western tinge that officials had been hoping to avoid. 

The Chinese leader has flown out to South Africa for the summit but asked his commerce minister to read out his remarks.

Putin won't attend BRICS summit this week because he could face arrest over alleged war crimes in Ukraine

Officials from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa gather in Johannesburg on Tuesday for a three-day BRICS summit, a five-nation club comprising 40% of the world’s population and more than 25 percent of global GDP that positions itself as an economic counterweight to the West. Almost 15 years on from the group’s founding, FRANCE 24 takes a look at the BRICS nations in numbers and their relative weight in the global economy.

Global South versus Global North? The BRICS summit in South Africa is set to be all about the group's plans to expand and how to deal with sanctions.

Caught between climate change, migration and social upheaval, Niger and the Sahel are the crucible of Western failure.

Kiev should sue for peace before it loses the remnants of its sovereignty, the leader of Belarus said in an interview

Moscow (AFP) – Russia said Monday it plans to launch a lunar lander this week after multiple delays, hoping to return to the Moon for the first time in nearly fifty years. 

 

 

Two US Navy sailors in California have been arrested on charges of providing sensitive military information to China, authorities said Thursday.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has just taken a dangerous turn, with an increasingly desperate Vladimir Putin making a terrifying move.

Conservative People’s party and prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialists both declare victory, with weeks of negotiations likely ahead

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to support Sweden's bid to join Nato, the military alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg says.

Jens Stoltenberg, who was due to vacate his post in September, tweeted that he will lead the military bloc until October 1, 2024

Allies will offer arms, intelligence and aid for years to come—but not yet NATO membership