Opinion
Ethiopia and BRICS: Regional and Global Dimensions
Ethiopia, one of the oldest nations in Africa, is twice as big as France and three times the size of Germany. Situated in the Horn Africa, it is a land-locked nation less than 60 km away from the Red Sea; it is also near the Indian Ocean, which borders neighbouring Somalia. Ethiopia’s population has been growing rapidly since the beginning of the 21st century due to its exceptionally high birth rate; it was home to 67 million people in 2000, but by 2023 this figure had had grown to 126 million.