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Africa

With the collapse of the superpower in 1991, things began to change. Today, there is much being talked about India and China’s role in the African continent, ignoring the expanding interest of Russia and her presence in Africa. Until the end of the....

February 26, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , Russia in Africa , Russian influence in Africa

भारत-मोजाम्बिक रिश्तेः बेहतरी की ओर अग्रसर

Dr Neha Sinha Article

मोजाम्बिक गणराज्य अफ्रीकी महाद्वीप के दक्षिण-पूर्वी भाग में स्थित है। इस देश की आबादी 3 करोड़ ह�....

January 18, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , भारत- मोजाम्बिक संबंध , भारत- मोजाम्बिक संयुक्त आयोग

Gandhi and the Question of Racism: The Statue Controversy in Ghana

Dr Neha Sinha Article

With the gaining of Independence from the Britishers in 1957, the Gold Coast of Africa came to be known as Ghana with Accra as its capital. The country lies in the western part of Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea; bordered by Togo, Ivory Coast, Burkina ....

January 11, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , Gandhi in Africa , Ghanian misunderstanding of Gandhi

India- Mozambique Relations: Surging Ahead

Dr Neha Sinha Commentary

The Republic of Mozambique, located in the south-eastern part of the African continent, has a population of 30 million. The country is surrounded by the Indian Ocean to its east, and has Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and South Africa ....

December 13, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , Mozambique Relations , India’s Mozambique investments

साइबर अपराध पर प्रथम अफ्रीकी सम्मेलन संपन्न

Dr Neha Sinha Article

दुनिया भर में इंटरनेट अफ्रीकी देशों में ही सबसे तेज रफ्तार से अपनी पैठ बना रहा है। अफ्रीकी संघ न....

December 04, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , अफ्रीकी देशों में इंटरनेट , अफ्रीकी साइबर कानून

India’s African Focus Continues

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

It appears that the next Chief Guest for the Republic Day 2019 will be Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, after a reluctant US President expressed his inability. It was for the good in any case. We should have leaders who value and respect t....

November 22, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , India-Africa Cooperation , Indo-African relations

Conference on ‘Enhancing India-Africa Cooperation’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Conference on ‘Enhancing India-Africa Cooperation’ as a bilateral initiative with an objective to enhance growth and connectivity between India and Africa. The Conference was divided into....

November 13, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Conferences , India-Africa Cooperation , WTO , ECOWAS , ECGC , Organisation for Economic Co-operation

Ethiopia Hosts the First African Forum on Cybercrime

Dr Neha Sinha Commentary

The African nations are facing the fastest growth rate in Internet penetration worldwide. The African Union has revealed that the digital connectivity in the continent has tripled in the last five years, and it is also expected that by 2020, nearly a....

November 02, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , African Forum 2018 , Cybercrime

Libya in Turmoil

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Nearly seven years after the revolution, Libya remains in the grip of civil war. The country’s ranking in terms of the UN Human Development Index has continued to fall from 43rd in pre-revolution period (2010) to 50th in the immediate post-revoluti....

October 01, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , Libyan turmoil , post-revolution Libya

India-Africa: A Partnership for Growth

The India-Africa partnership is rooted in their shared historical experience. India has played a major role in the fight against apartheid and colonisation. The success of the decolonisation process increased the number of sovereign African countries....

September 28, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Indian Diaspora , India-Africa partnership , Agenda 2063 , Africa's Growth , India -Africa Forum Summit