Gunmen in Nigeria have carried out another abduction, taking at least 87 individuals including women and children captive in the Kajuru area of Kaduna state, according to local residents and police reports Monday. This incident follows closely on the heels of a recent attack where 286 students and staff were seized from a school by […]Read More
Senegal’s popular Opposition leaders, Ousmane Sonko and Bassirou Diomaye Faye were released late on Thursday night, according to state broadcaster RTS. Sonko who had been jailed since last July is a leading contender to win the presidential elections scheduled for March 24. The elections were first scheduled to be hold on February 25 but President […]Read More
Chad has unexpectedly announced a return to presidential elections which will end three years of military rule. According to a VOA report the election is expected to take place on May 6 this year. The elections come months earlier than was expected. General Mahamat Idriss Deby one of the major contenders announced that he would […]Read More
The UNSC has sanctioned six people for what it has called “destabilising activities in Congo.” According to a report in Africa News these five people belong to various armed groups in the country. “These individuals are responsible for numerous abuses,” U.S. Deputy U.N. Ambassador Robert Wood said. “But to counter the flow of funds and arms to […]Read More
Tensions are high as Rwandan authorities have rejected U.S. calls for withdrawal of troops and missiles from eastern Congo. According to Africa News, Rwanda’s foreign ministry claimed Congo has carried out a “dramatic build-up” near the border and they need to protect national security. They also claimed that members of the Forces démocratiques de libération […]Read More
UN counter-terrorism chief Vladimir Voronkov says ISIS continues to be a significant threat in Africa. An AP report quoted Voronkov as warning that the group had increased operations in Iraq and Syria as well as in Southeast Asia. Voronkov who was briefing the P-5, said ISIS agenda and operations were particularly marked in West Africa and the Sahel […]Read More
Confusion continues to reign in Senegal as the country’s top court has rejected President Macky Sall’s decree to postpone elections to December stating that to do so was “contrary to the constitution.” The elections were scheduled to be held on Feb 25. The court however recognised that it was impossible to hold the elections by […]Read More
US Senators accuse Sudan rebel leader Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo of genocide in the Darfur region.Read More
Senegal appears to be going down the path towards dictatorship despite a record of peaceful political transition since independence from France in 1960. Witness President Macky Sall, backed by a parliamentary vote, putting off elections due on Feb. 25th to December 15. He claims the postponement is necessary given an electoral dispute between parliament and […]Read More
New Delhi: On Friday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague is expected to deliver a provisional verdict on South Africa’s case filed earlier this month, that Israel stop what it called its genocide in Gaza. Describing Israel’s leadership as “genocidal inciters”, South Africa is hopeful the initial verdict will put pressure on […]Read More
At the 15th BRICS summit in Johannesburg, Prime Minister Modi and President Xi Jinping, while exchanging words, merely committed to expedite disengagement along their disputed border. This casts doubt on Xi Jinping’s G20 summit attendance in Delhi on Sept 7. Meanwhile, BRICS welcomes six new members, including energy giants Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Iran. India’s […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The issue of BRICS expansion is important in many ways. The seed of BRICS lies in the Russia-India-China (RIC) dialogue initiated by the Russians. Russia had lost its peer status as a global power with the U.S. following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The world, especially for the Russians, had moved from […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s strong and expanding partnership with countries on the south-eastern coast of Africa will once again be in the spotlight during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Mozambique this week. Jaishankar, who kicked off his Africa trip from Uganda on Monday, arrives in Maputo on Thursday to further stimulate and build upon […]Read More
Somalia Hosts Regional Summit To Coordinate Fight Against Al-Shabaab Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud hosted a summit of leaders from several neighbouring countries late in January to discuss the regional fight against the Islamist insurgent group Al-Shabaab. Present were Kenya’s William Ruto, Djibouti’s Ismail Omar Guelleh and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. They discussed a […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India and Egypt have given the bilateral relationship a leg-up by taking ties to the strategic level. This was agreed upon when Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, who was the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations this year, held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A host of agreements were also signed. […]Read More
Egypt has joined the list of India’s 30-odd “Strategic Partners”, marking the high point of President El-Sisi’s visit to this country. For exactly what that means, one has to turn to Prime Minister Modi’s statement on the MEA website where he is quoted as saying: “Under the India-Egypt Strategic Partnership, we will develop a long-term […]Read More
Suranjali Tandon, assistant professor at the National Institute of Public Finance & Policy and a specialist on international trade, responds to the recent announcement by East African nations that they would be looking to move towards a single currency in the next four years. In an interview with StratNews Global’s Opinion Editor Ashwin Ahmad, she […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Is the Nigerian government’s twitter ban an illustration of how even a democracy can use dictatorial tendencies, doesn’t big-tech and social media have to follow national laws, what’s the effect on common citizens and how are they reacting? On ‘The Gist’, Torinmo Salau, a Lagos based writer and journalist, discusses these issues, why […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The barometers of cooperation between India and Africa span a wide range. To take only two examples: last month India signed a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement with Mauritius, which would enable Indian goods to enter the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) duty free. Another example is India’s aid and assistance […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The figures are impressive: India has offered nearly $13 billion as lines of credit to 43 African states, 189 projects have been completed while 77 others are under various stages of execution. By any yardstick, India’s “Development Partnership” has given African governments the flexibility of choosing what projects merit priority, and with financing […]Read More
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