Tebboune made of joining BRICS a certainty for his people, repeating since 2022 that Algeria will integrate the group. He said Algeria would join BRICS in 2023, before backtracking to say it would join at first as an “observer”. During his visit to Beijing, he said Algeria represents to Africa what Beijing represents to the world. The Algerian people are in shock after Tebboune made many of the uninformed public opinion believe that Algeria would certainly join the group. Failure to join the BRICS generated a wave of resentment at public officials and questioning of their policies.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 02, 2023 13:52 UTC