Algeria authorised to join BRICS New Development Bank

A staff worker stands behind the national flags of Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa and India to tidy the flags before a group photo during the BRICS Summit at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Center in Xiamen, southeastern China's Fujian Province, China September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Wu Hong/Pool/File Photo

(Corrects to say Algeria authorised to join the bank, not to join the BRICS bloc)

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Algeria has been authorised to become a member of the BRICS New Development Bank, Dilma Rousseff, the bank's president, said on Saturday.

(This story has been corrected to clarify that Algeria was authorised to join the New Development Bank, not to join the BRICS bloc in the headline and paragraph 1)

(Reporting by Wendell Roelf, Writing by Nqobile Dludla, Editing by Angus MacSwan and Frances Kerry)