TNPSC Thervupettagam

New Commonwealth Members

July 1 , 2022 753 days 562 0
  • The West African states Gabon and Togo joined as the members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • They are the latest nations with no historic ties to Britain to enter the English-speaking club headed by Queen Elizabeth II.
  • They were never having been under the British rule.
  • They are inducted in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2022 held in Kigali, Rwanda.
  • Now the total members of this organisation are 56 members.
  • These French-speaking West African states are the first new members to join the Commonwealth since Rwanda in 2009.
  • Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony, became the first Commonwealth member without historic links to Britain when it joined in 1995.


 

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