India and African nations should expand cooperation in renewable energy, critical minerals, technology and skills development to capitalize on an emerging multipolar world, diplomats and policy experts said , while cautioning that geopolitical uncertainty could reshape global alliances.
The 21st century is increasingly b eing described as the Indian Ocean Century. As the global economic centre of gravity shifts from the Atlantic to Asia, the vast maritime region stretching from the eastern coast of Africa to the western Pacific has emerged as the world's busiest and most strategically important sea space.
India’s support is tailored to meet the needs of Africa CDC to contain the Ebola outbreak in some parts of Africa, and to strengthen public health preparedness and regional response capacities.
New dates for the Summit and its associated meetings will be finalised through mutual consultations and communicated in due course, said the Ministry of External Affairs.
This is not a routine Ebola outbreak. The strain involved has no licensed vaccine, the epicentre sits inside an active conflict zone, and the virus has already reached Uganda's capital.
A movie buff at heart, Bakshi says the vast African expanse instantly brought to mind the sweeping visuals of the film Lawrence of Arabia. “I was taken aback--was I on Earth or another planet?” he recalls. “Africa is the only place where I saw both the fury and the bounty of nature at the same time,” he said in an interaction with The Statesman.
The 2020s are proving to be the most troubled decade in recent history, with conflicts breaking out at the drop of a hat ~ not in far corners of the world, but in our immediate neighbourhood.
The United States’ recalibration of its Africa strategy signals a stark departure from decades of broad based engagement towards a narrower, cost-driven approach focused largely on security.
Trial After decades of bloodshed, displacement, and failed diplomacy, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) have taken what appears to be a decisive step toward resolving one of Africa’s most persistent and devastating conflicts.
The Indian all-party Parliamentary delegation, led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Baijayant Jay Panda, on Saturday (local time), paid their tribute to the victims of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack by lighting candles at the iconic Basilique Notre-Dame d'Afrique (Basilica of Our Lady of Africa) in the Algerian capital.
