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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)

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

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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
New Dimensions in India-US Relations: Outcomes of PM Modi's Visit to the US
Amb Arun K Singh, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently made a landmark visit to the United States. In this episode of the VIF Podcast, Amb. Arun Kumar Singh, Distinguished Fellow, VIF and Former Indian Ambassador to the US and Dr. Sweta Kumari, Associate Fellow, V....

July 11, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , India , US , China , Indo-Pacific , trade , Podcast , iCET , PM Narendra Modi's visit
"Work in Progress": Visits from Washington to Beijing
Dr Sweta Kumari, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has made a trip to China. Prior to her, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was on a two-day visit to Beijing on June 18-19 and met President Xi Jinping. These high-level delegations are an effort by Washington t....

July 11, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , US , China , South China Sea , Taiwan , trade , President Xi Jinping , East Asia , Secretary Antony Blinken , Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
SCO is a platform for India to remain relevant in Eurasia
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted the 23rd summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on 4th July 2023 in a virtual format. This concluded India’s first-ever presidency of the SCO. The baton was passed ....

July 10, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , China , INSTC , Terrorism , Ukraine , BRI , Connectivity , Yuan , ruble
Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 27, 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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What India's Traditional Medicine mean for Africa
For Africa, traditiona....

July 07, 2023 China , Ethiopia , Mozambique , Africa , Tunisia , Egypt , Libya , Rwanda , Algeria , Sudan , Gandhi , Kenya , Somalia , coup , Tanzania , VIF Africa Now , Morocco , Congo , Nigeria , South Africa , Zimbabwe , Ghana , Angola , India in Africa , Uganda , Zambia , Burkina Faso , Cameroon , INS Trishul , Malawi. Mauritius , Wipro
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