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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
TopicAfrica

Topic: Africa

Putin tells African leaders Russia respects their Ukraine peace proposal, is carefully studying it

African leaders presented their peace initiative last month to both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy but it has failed to gain traction with either side.

Belgium’s AfricaMuseum has a dark colonial past—but the country is confronting this history

The AfricaMuseum’s forerunner was initiated in 1897 by the Belgian king Leopold II, a colonial ‘human zoo’ within the Brussels World’s Fair.

World’s youngest workforce to rich resources–Africa is next big player in geopolitics

Africa will add 796 million people to the global workforce and be home to the largest and youngest population by 2050.

IIT, IIM is key to India’s knowledge diplomacy with Africa

India’s efforts to bring world-class education to Africa can have far-reaching impacts. It will boost local economy, attract investments and foster a culture of innovation.

12 African nations to receive 18 mn doses of 1st-ever malaria vaccine over next 2 yrs, says WHO

Under immunisation programme funded by UNICEF & Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, vaccine doses are expected to arrive in these countries by end 2023 & will be rolled out by early 2024.

Thousands of Islamists battling alongside army in Sudan conflict, military sources say

Army and paramilitary force are fighting each other in Sudan for 10 weeks, displacing 2.5 million people, causing a humanitarian crisis and threatening to destabilize the region.

Africa is helping China redefine global growth story

African commodities played an important role in China’s development into a modern industrial giant and global economic superpower.

‘True cost’ of growing coffee—21 of 30 poorest countries in the world grow and export it

In 'Working to Restore', Esha Chhabra describes how the demand for coffee production is underscored by its environmental and human resource costs.

Indians evacuated but Delhi’s Sudan job not over yet. There are interests, assets to protect

Africa accounts for 15% of India’s total oil imports. Stability in Sudan is necessary for entering into commercial partnership with countries in the region.

US trying to wreck Russia’s planned summit with Africa to isolate Moscow, says Sergei Lavrov

Moscow is preparing for its second summit with African countries, scheduled for the end of July in St. Petersburg, including work on infrastructure, technology and energy projects.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

Digital push for grassroots banking: 2 new apps to transform urban cooperative banks for 9 cr users

Cooperation Ministry takes a step towards financial inclusion with Sahkar DigiPay and Sahkar DigiLoan. They will enable faster and seamless access to financial services in small towns.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.