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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicIndia-Africa

Topic: India-Africa

Punjab CM Mann slams Modi’s trips & honours given by ‘small’ nations, MEA calls comments ‘unwarranted’

Narendra Modi has just returned from a 5-nation visit. Opposition Congress, too, took a swipe at the PM for his frequent foreign trips.

Modi makes diplomatic push in Africa, says continent must not be just a ‘source for raw materials’

Without mentioning China, the PM outlined New Delhi’s case as an alternative development partner to African nations, calling for a future defined not by power, but by partnership.

Bihar ki beti in Trinidad & Tobago, Madhubani in Argentina—Modi’s poll messaging on foreign tour

The Bihar elections are still a few months away, but Modi's political messaging featured the state during his five-nation tour, first in Trinidad and Tobago, and then in Argentina.

Africa’s mineral wealth meets India’s energy goals. Here’s how New Delhi can pursue trade

India is acquiring critical mineral assets in Congo, Tanzania, and Mozambique and has secured 9,000 sq km in Zambia for copper and cobalt exploration, adding a new dimension to its resource diplomacy.

China is elevating relations with Africa. Why its $51 billion funding is highly misleading

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.

India’s economic sway in Africa is far behind China’s but ‘trump cards’ yet to be played

India is believed to have several ‘trump cards’ for the continent, one of them being MSME sector. Triangular projects & strategic investment can further propel its influence in Africa.

India to fund solar energy projects in Africa, $25-mn infusion ‘gets in-principle nod’

India is pushing for realising Africa’s solar energy potential as part of International Solar Alliance (ISA). The sixth session of the ISA assembly is currently underway in Delhi. 

India pushes for investment in Africa for energy projects at International Solar Alliance meet

Africa ‘has highest potential of solar energy’ but accounts for ‘only close to 1.3% of global installed solar capacity’, with nearly 600 million people without access to electricity.

Maritime, defence ties, ‘building on vaccine goodwill’: Decoding Jaishankar’s tours to Uganda & Mozambique

EAM Jaishankar visited both African countries earlier this month. Analysts say it'll likely set stage for next India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) and may bode well for India at UN.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.