New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The six-day working visit of South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile signalled that India is emerging as one of the key arenas where Africa will negotiate its economic future, strategic autonomy, and voice in a fragmenting world order, a report stated on Monday. “In New Delhi, Mashatile and his counterparts explicitly framed their talks as part of a project to ‘advance the priorities of the Global South,’ from reforming multilateral lending rules to giving develop…
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Hyderabad, June 3 (IANS) Telangana and South Africa have agreed to cooperate in the fields of education, medical tourism and investments. Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, along with Ministers D. Sridhar Babu and C. Damodar Raja Narsimha, held a key bilateral meeting with a high-level delegation from South Africa led by Deputy President Paul Mashatile, here on Wednesday.According to the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), both sides agreed to cooperate in the fields of education, medical tou…
Addis Ababa, May 11 (IANS) United Nations (UN) experts and officials have called for new policy approaches that place social inclusion, resilience and regional integration at the heart of Africa’s development strategies to overcome inequalities, youth unemployment and accelerating climate threats.They made the call at a high-level global policy dialogue, themed “Africa’s Development Pathways in a Fragmenting World,” which was convened by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in collabora…
Addis Ababa, April 6 (IANS) The African Union (AU) and its partners have warned that the ongoing Middle East conflict poses a “serious risk” to African economies.In a joint policy brief, the AU, the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank, and the UN Development Program warned that the longer the conflict lasts and the more severe the disruption on shipping routes, energy, and fertilizer supplies, the greater the risk of a significant growth slowdown acro…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ethiopia in December 2025 was a major diplomatic event of the year, resulting in upgrading the relations between the two countries to a ‘Strategic Partnership’ and laying a concrete roadmap for a high priority engagement for the next decade.Over the last several decades, India–Ethiopia trade relations have evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership that combines sturdy merchandise trade, significant Indian investment in Ethiop…