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Africa's Continental Divide: The Birth of a New Geopolitical Era of Prospects and Challenges

Abstract

The African continent has been regarded as a unified landmass for centuries, sheltering diverse cultures, resources, and languages. However, recent geological studies have revealed the birth of a rare and extraordinary phenomenon o....

April 10, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , India , China , Maritime Security , Africa , International order , Borders , U.S. , EEZ , African Union , East African Rift System

India's G20 Presidency Presents an Opportunity to Foster India-Africa Collaboration on Traditional Medicines

Samir Bhattacharya Article

After the G20 Summit in Bali, India took over the G20 presidency for one year, from December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2023.^[1] Indeed, this presidency is an opportunity for India....

March 28, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , G20 , COVID-19 , Pandemic , Ayurveda , Healthcare , AYUSH , India Africa Collaboration , Traditional Medicine , Alternative Medicine

Western Sahara - The North African Gordian Knot

Samir Bhattacharya

… Western Saharan conflict is one of the world's most underlooked conflicts .. it is crucial to indigenous Sahrawis and their kin in southern Morocco, northern Mauritania and western Algeria .. UN has so far failed in providing the groundwork for s....

March 27, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Western Saharan , Morocco-Algeria dispute , Polisario-SADR , Conflict in Western Sahara , Africa politics , North African , Gordian Knot

Decoding the Presidential Election of Nigeria

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

In this episode of VIF podcast, Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation and Samir Bhattacharya, Senior Research Associate, VIF discuss the implications of Nigerian Presidential election for Nigerian democracy a....

March 15, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Boko Haram , Podcast , Nigeria , : Bola Tinubu , Naira , India Nigeria Relations , Nigerian Presidential Election

VIF Hosts the High Commissioner of South Africa and Ambassador of Sudan under its Connect Africa Programme

The High Commissioner of South Africa, His Excellency Mr. JS Ndebele, and the Ambassador of Sudan, His Excellency Mr Abdalla Omer Bashir Elhusain, gave presentations on the status of India's relations with their respective nations and their prospects....

March 06, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Interaction , Indian Ocean , Cold War , South Africa , USSR , Connect Africa , Periplus , Erythraean Sea

India Africa collaboration on Renewable energies

Amb R S Malhotra

In this episode of VIF podcast, Shri Rakshpaul Singh Malhotra, former Indian Ambassador to Niger and Samir Bhattacharya, Senior Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation discusses the current contours of India’s collaboration w....

March 01, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , India , Climate Change , renewable energy , energy transition , Podcast , clean energy

Interaction with Puneet Roy Kundal, Joint Secretary, MEA

Shri Puneet Roy Kundal, Joint Secretary, MEA, former Ambassador of India in Tunisia and Consul General of India in Cape Town, highlighted Africa's strategic importance for India in his remarks. He mentions that MEA considers the relationship with Afr....

February 27, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Interaction , West Africa , ITEC , Africa historical , capacity-building programmes

The Future of Ethiopia's Peace Deal

Samir Bhattacharya Article

There are nations with states and nations without a state. And in Sub-Saharan Africa, there is a third category: states without nations. One such case in point is Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a Federal Democratic Republic with two chartered cities and nine ....

February 24, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , Ethiopia , nationalism , Constitution , Federalism , Abiy Ahmed , TPLF , Ethno-Nationalism , Eritria , Political instability

The Promise and Peril of Africa in 2023

Samir Bhattacharya Article

As the year 2022 ended, here is a brief recap of what happened in Africa over the past year. Most African countries were still battling to recover from the pandemic when the year began. However, a series of disruptions, such as supply shortages and s....

February 01, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , democracy , Climate Change , Africa , election , COVID-19 , AfCFTA , Military Coup , Scramble for Africa , Islamist terrorism , Horn of Africa , COP27 , Sahel