ABUJA-Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has reshuffled his 45-member cabinet, naming seven new ministers, sacking five and reassigning 10 others to new portfolios, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. The ministers of finance, defence, national planning and two junior energy ministers all retained their positions. The reshuffle includes renaming the Ministry of Niger Delta Development to the Ministry of Regional Development, the winding up of the Ministry of Sports, and the merger of the ministries of

For African states, the BRICS summit in Rio became another important stage in their strategy of defending the interests of the Global South, write Ekaterina Abramova, Tamara Andreeva, and Daria Zelenova. The 17th BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, held under the slogan “Strengthening Cooperation of the