The spillover of terrorist activity from West Asia to Africa has had devastating consequences for the continent
Is the use of constitutional means to secure ruling in perpetuity a new normal in west Africa?
The stability and security of Mozambique is a cause of international concern.
The values that steer India’s development cooperation — demand driven, conditionality free and based on the principle of partnership among equals — are appreciated in Africa. But India’s model of development cooperation in Africa lacks a clear strategy.
The race to secure COVID-19 vaccines has laid bare the inherent inequalities in access to global healthcare, which adversely affects developing populations like those in the African continent.
The AU is trying to hold its own with the reforms. It is trying to be more efficient and transparent. However, the reforms are more technocratic than political.
Seychelles will need to focus intensely on re-building its economy by creating, rejuvenating, and upscaling the country’s outlined Blue Economy sectors.
The Teaching at the Right Level approach — delivered both in schools and its principles delivered virtually through mobile phones — is a way to address the learning crisis and build back better to enable all children to achieve foundational learning.
As the preparations for IAFS IV are underway, there is need to reassess the relationship with the AU.
African leaders are no longer mincing their words. They are bluntly articulating and asserting their demands from bilateral partners and multilateral institutions.
Both India and Africa strongly acknowledge that peace and security is intrinsically linked to development, and that terrorism poses the biggest threat to humanity. Naturally then — all Indo-African efforts have focused on rooting out terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
Roshani Jain is a Research Assistant for the Strategic Studies Programme, under the Neighbourhood Team. Her research interests include South Asian environmental security and international resource sharing, with a special emphasis on hydro-diplomacy. She is interested in exploring environmental policy discourses ...
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Balfour is director of Carnegie Europe. Her fields of expertise include European politics, institutions, and foreign and security policy. ...
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