NEW DELHI: More questions than answers ever since the Ethiopian federal government in Addis Ababa ordered the withdrawal of its forces from the northern region of Tigray after nearly 10 months of bitter fighting and alleged atrocities committed by both sides. In this conversation on The Gist, Samuel Getachew, a journalist based in the Ethiopian […]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: Mozambique’s military says it has regained full control of the coastal town of Palma, more than a week after it was raided by militant Islamists linked to Daesh/ISIS, but why has the insurgency being continuing for three years?, is Cabo Delgado province a new frontline for terror in east Africa?, what does the […]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: India has signed a free-trade agreement with Mauritius when similar deals with the U.S. and Europe have eluded it. This may seem odd as Mauritius is hardly a manufacturing power, its main exports comprising frozen fish, biscuits, sugar products, apparel, medical and surgical equipment and so on, totalling 615 items, products that are […]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
NEW DELHI: Three years after it was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor is yet to get off the ground. The corridor was touted as the rival to China’s mega trans-continental Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), so the lack of movement is disappointing. “There has been some stalemate in the process… […]Read More
BENGALURU:On the sidelines of Aero India 2021 that concluded last week, India’s Defence Ministry hosted a conclave of defence ministers of countries in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) that saw the participation of over two dozen nations. Among the attendees was Richard Rakotonirina, the Defence Minister of Madagascar. “We consider IOR as a crucial geopolitical area […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China has made “a solid contribution to economic development” in the African continent, but we need to be equally candid about the whole question of debt,” says Dr Witney W. Schneidman, Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African affairs. He points to one example of Zambia “skipping its ($42.5 million) coupon […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Why is 2019 Nobel peace laureate Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed conducting a ‘war’ on the country’s Tigray region? Theodore Murphy, Director of the Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, explains the genesis of what PM Abiy describes as a ‘campaign to uphold the rule of law’, the “explosion of […]Read More
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