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Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 32, 2023)

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

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How Niger coup could unleash political & economic proxy wars in Africa’s cruci....

August 10, 2023 China , Ethiopia , Blue Economy , Mozambique , Africa , Tunisia , Egypt , Mauritius , Libya , Rwanda , Algeria , Sudan , Kenya , Somalia , coup , Tanzania , VIF Africa Now , Morocco , Congo , Nigeria , South Africa , Wagner , Zimbabwe , Malawi , Angola , India in Africa , Uganda , Zambia , Burkina Faso , Cameroon
Does Absence of ‘War’ Mean Peace, in Indian context?
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

A narrow definition of peace is that it is opposite to concept of war, implying where there is no war, there is peace! Again, in a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a non-existence of war and freedom from fear of violence. The proposition ....

August 07, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , War , CCP , Peace , LoC , LAC , Sun Tzu , Influence Operations
Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 31, 2023)

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What does the future hold for the Wagner Group in Africa?
After the exi....

August 07, 2023 China , Ethiopia , Blue Economy , Mozambique , Africa , Tunisia , Egypt , Mauritius , Libya , Rwanda , Algeria , Sudan , IIT , Gandhi , Kenya , Somalia , coup , Tanzania , VIF Africa Now , Morocco , Congo , Nigeria , South Africa , Wagner , Zimbabwe , Ghana , Malawi , Angola , India in Africa , Uganda , Zambia , Burkina Faso , Cameroon
India and the Geopolitics of Higher Education
Rohith Krishna Article

Introduction
The third anniversary of the National Education Policy (2020) coincided with Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi inaugurating the 'Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam' at Bharat Mandapam in Delhi on 29th July 2023.August 04, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , China , Higher Education , Foreign Universities , NEP 2020
Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 30, 2023)

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

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Strengthening India-Africa Education Cooperation: Paving the way for a better fut....

July 31, 2023 China , Ethiopia , Blue Economy , Mozambique , Africa , Tunisia , Egypt , Mauritius , Libya , Rwanda , Algeria , Sudan , IIT , Gandhi , Kenya , Somalia , coup , Tanzania , VIF Africa Now , Morocco , Congo , Nigeria , South Africa , Wagner , Zimbabwe , Ghana , Malawi , Angola , India in Africa , Uganda , Zambia , Burkina Faso , Cameroon
Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 29, 2023)

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

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Zambian Girls are Riding to School Following an Indian Model
The adage �....

July 21, 2023 China , Ethiopia , Blue Economy , Mozambique , Africa , Tunisia , Egypt , Mauritius , Libya , Rwanda , Algeria , Sudan , IIT , Gandhi , Kenya , Somalia , coup , Tanzania , VIF Africa Now , Morocco , Congo , Nigeria , South Africa , Wagner , Zimbabwe , Ghana , Malawi , Angola , India in Africa , Uganda , Zambia , Burkina Faso , Cameroon
Neighborhood News Digest – 20 July 2023

Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, Women Protest Ban On Beauty Parlours - NDTV
Security officials shot in the air and used firehoses Wednesday to disperse dozens of Afghan women protesting in Kabul against an order by Taliban authori....

July 20, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Imran Khan , Bengal , IMF , Central Bank , Sweden , Hydropower , Silk Roadster
NATO after the Vilnius Summit: An Indian Assessment
Amb D.B. Venkatesh Varma, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The NATO Summit held in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, 11-12 July 2023, was momentous in many respects. It took place against the background of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine whose active phase of hostilities is now well past 500....

July 20, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , US , China , Russia , Turkey , NATO , Ukraine , France , Sweden , Zelensky , Vilnius Summit
China’s Challenge to the US in West Asia
Dr Adil Rasheed Article

The geopolitical sand dunes in West Asia are known to shift suddenly. However, major regional developments in recent times point to certain fundamental shifts, which may have significant long-term implications. The first among such important chang....

July 18, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , West Asia , Article , Israel , US , China , Iran , West Asia , Gulf States , petrodollar
Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 28, 2023)

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A new chapter in India-Africa ties can be written
There is a slow....

July 12, 2023 China , Ethiopia , Mozambique , Africa , Tunisia , Egypt , Mauritius , Libya , Rwanda , Algeria , Sudan , Gandhi , Kenya , Somalia , coup , Tanzania , VIF Africa Now , Morocco , Congo , Nigeria , South Africa , Wagner , Zimbabwe , Ghana , Malawi , Angola , India in Africa , Uganda , Zambia , Burkina Faso , Cameroon
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