African Union joins G20
The African Union became the second regional grouping to be admitted to
the Group of 20 leading industrialized and developing nations as a full
permanent member, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Saturday
at the start of the two-day G20 leaders’ summit in Delhi.
The widely-anticipated move underscores India’s wide-ranging agenda to
elevate the global multilateral forum’s focus on the Global South in its
presidency of the G20 this year. The 55-member bloc of African nations
joins the European Union as only the second regional organization to
become a permanent member of the G20.