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Report on the Visit of Professor Kenneth Matengu, Vice Chancellor of the University of Namibia to VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted Professor Kenneth Matengu, Vice Chancellor of University of Namibia (UNAM), on 1St October 2019. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF, and the Professor discussed the warm and cordial relationship that....

December 12, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Interaction , ICCR , economic cooperation , Professor Kenneth Matengu , University of Namibia , India-Namibia relations

Conference on ‘India's Foreign Policy towards African Continent in the 21st Century: Prospects for Cooperation’

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a conference on ‘India's Foreign Policy towards African Continent in the 21st Century: Prospects for Cooperation’ on 20th November, 2019. The delegation consisted of ten Ambassadors and High Co....

November 29, 2019 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Panel Discussion , Africa , Conferences , economic cooperation , India's Foreign Policy , diaspora , African Continent , Africa Development Community

India-Africa Partnership - An Assessment

Amb R S Malhotra

… There is a lot of goodwill for India in Africa. African countries appreciate its non-intrusive policies and look towards it for lead and initiative. However, India’s approach has been request-based and not initiative-based... Basically, a c....

September 30, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , India’s Africa policy , India-Africa opportunities and challenges

African Continental Free Trade Area to Boost the Continent’s Economy

“… political will of African governments must be backed by efforts to materialise what nations have agreed upon … there is a dire need to effectively implement the agreement under the guidance of good leadership in order to ensure that the ob....

July 19, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , African economy , Indo-African engagements , Free trade in Africa , AfCTA

Where is Sudan Going?

Amb K P Fabian Article

We start with where Sudan is coming from. It is a young state with an impressively long history. The Kingdom of Kush in the region known as Nubia in antiquity had much interaction with ancient Egypt, and it provided a line of Pharaohs to the 25th dyn....

June 13, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , Sudan politics , Sudan in protests , Civilian government in Sudan

Algeria - Hankering for Democracy

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

It seems that time for long imposed dictatorships is on the decline. This is more so in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region where consequent to public protests and virulent demonstrations the well-entrenched strongmen had to submit and exi....

May 21, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , people’s revolution in Algeria , Algeria’s democratic demands

China’s Impending Economic Slowdown is a Mixed Bag for Africa

Uday Khanapurkar Commentary

China’s impending economic slowdown promises to send shockwaves through the world’s economies and is compelling them to assess exposure and explore mitigation strategies. Nowhere is the imperative more pressing than in Africa, where linkages with....

May 01, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , African economics , China’s African ventures , China’s economic slow down

Visit of the African Media Delegation

Thirty Journalists/Editors from different African countries visited the VIF to familiarise with the socio-political and economic facet of the India society. Centered on the seven decades of shared political and economic relations as well as India’s....

April 26, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Interaction , African Continent , African Media Delegation

ऑपरेशन सहायता: भारतीय नौसेना ने ज़रूरत के समय की अफ्रीका की मदद

Dr Neha Sinha Article

मोजांबिक पर कैटेगरी 4 के चक्रवात ‘इदई’ की गाज गिरने के बाद यह चक्रवात महाद्वीप में और भी चला गया, ....

April 26, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article

The Arab Spring Reborn

Amb K P Fabian Commentary

When it was generally assumed that the Arab Spring that began by felling dictators one by one in 2011 (Ben Ali in Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, Muhammed Ghaddafi in Libya, followed by Ali Saleh in Yemen in 2012) had lost its way, with none of the....

April 25, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , A new Arab Spring , Algeria and democracy , revolt in Algeria