Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another explains that mathematically, it is impossible to have one accurate flat map.
Nkrumah was a towering anti-colonial leader, pan-African thinker, first PM & president of Ghana. Post-independence, he was seen as authoritarian and was deposed in a coup.
The last India-Africa Forum Summit took place in New Delhi way back in 2015, and significant shifts in global geopolitics and geoeconomics have occurred since then.
US' decades-old alliance system is changing in an era when countries seek to avoid choosing sides. Allies are now part of minilaterals and regional groupings.
Speaking to media after conclusion of G20 Summit, African Union Chair and Comoros President Azali Assoumani addressed queries on China and said nobody has a ‘monopoly’ in Africa.
The African Union, a continental body of 55 member states, now has the same status as the European Union. Its previous designation was "invited international organisation".
The US has turned to the Kurds whenever it has needed allies on ground— in Iraq, in Syria, & now perhaps in Iran. Rarely has it worked out well, either for them or the region.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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