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China’s Great Game in the Sahel
Samir Bhattacharya Article

On November 29–30, 2021, the Eighth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), under the theme "Deepen China-Africa Partnership and Promote Sustainable Development to Build a China-Africa Community with a Shared Future in the New Era," took place i....

October 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Energy Security , International Relations and Diplomacy , France , Great Game , Cold War , Islamist , Lithium , Mali , African Union , Coups , Wagner , AU , Niger , Sahel , green transition , G5 , Barkhane , FOCAC , Uranium
Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 41, 2022)

Welcome to Africa Now, your weekly newsletter for Africa, presenting the most important developments in the continent - news that matters. Week 41, 2022

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Coups d’état as Instrument of France Non-grata in Afri....

October 10, 2022 China , Russia , Ethiopia , Mozambique , Africa , Tunisia , Egypt , Mauritius , Libya , Rwanda , Algeria , Sudan , Kenya , Somalia , coup , Tanzania , Tigray , VIF Africa Now , Military Takeover , Morocco , Congo , Mali , African Union , Nigeria , South Africa , Guinea , India-Africa Relations , Zimbabwe , Ghana , Angola , India in Africa , Uganda , Zambia , Burkina Faso , Commonwealth , Connect Africa , Lesotho , Namibia
Russia Africa Relations
Steven Gruzd

In this episode of VIF podcast, Steven Gruzd from the South African Institute of International Affairs discusses with Samir Bhattacharya, Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation on the current contours of Russia-Africa relation....

September 27, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Russia , Podcast , Ukraine Crisis , African Union , Wagner
Vivekananda International Foundation launches "Connect Africa"

The Vivekananda International Foundation unveiled its latest "Connect Africa" programme on September 22, 2022. This initiative's primary goal is to invite prominent African and Indian figures, such as academics, diplomats, practitioners, and journali....

September 27, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Conferences , UNSC , Ethiopia , Eritrea , Civil war , Abiy Ahmed , TPLF , African Union , India Ethiopia relations , Tigray war
India’s G20 Presidency
Amb Rajiv Bhatia

In this episode of VIF podcast, Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow at Gateway House discusses with Samir Bhattacharya, Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation on India’s upcoming G20 Presidency and the associated c....

September 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , India , Africa , G20 , Emergency pandemic aid , Multilateralism , COVID19 , Podcast , Ukraine Crisis , African Union
Tracing the Future of India-Africa Defence Cooperation
Samir Bhattacharya Article

In his address to the Ugandan Parliament in July 2018, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi enunciated the ten guiding principles of India's engagement with Africa and elucidated the importance of each principle. Principle number seven of India's deve....

August 06, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , ISIS , Cyber Security , SAGAR , Islamist terrorism , African Union , Afindex 19 , Al Shabaab , India Africa Defence cooperation , IBSAMAR , Lucknow Declaration , Military Coups , UNPKO
United States of Africa: Ultimate Dream of a Pan-Africanist
Samir Bhattacharya Article

Every year on May 25, the world celebrates Africa Day. It was on May 25, 1963, that the first organisational body of Africa, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), was established in Ethiopia. [1] The....

June 20, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , democracy , International Relations and Diplomacy , Civil war , Agenda 2063 , Islamic terrorism , coup , Military Takeover , African Union , Organisation of African Union , Kwame Nkrumah , United States of Africa , OAU , AU , democratic backslide , Pan-Africanism
Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Where do African Countries Stand?
Samir Bhattacharya Article

Context
On 21st February 2022, President Vladimir Putin recognised the independence of Ukraine’s breakaway regions, Donetsk and Luhansk and decided to support Moscow-backed separatists with a military operation March 17, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , Russia , Energy Security , Ukraine , United Nations , Sudan , Food Security , Mali , African Union , Coups , Russia Africa Summit , Wagner
Israel’s Africa Conundrum: Bilateral Relations, Multilateral Opposition
Samir Bhattacharya Article

Background
In the first week of February, the annual summit of the African Union (AU) took place in Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the headquarters of the African Union. The principal objective of the meeting was to evaluate AU's achieveme....

February 17, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , Jerusalem , Israel , Palestine , India , International Relations , Algeria , United Nations , Netanyahu , ECOWAS , Non-Aligned Movement , Yom Kippur War , Arab , African Union , Israel in Africa , Nigeria , South Africa
China: Daily Scan, February 07, 2022

Senior CPC official meets with former KMT chairperson: Xinhuanet
February 5, 2022
Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Wang Yang Saturday met with Hung Hsiu-chu, former chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang party, in B....

February 07, 2022 Pakistan , Russia , Central Asia , Uyghur , NDRC , AI , Olympics , China Daily Digest , digital Yuan , J-20 , African Union
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