View: Wang Yi’s Indian Ocean Region tour aimed at challenging India’s pre-eminenceChina is not a member of any of the Indian Ocean Region grouping in the region and may be attempting to create one under Xi Jinping’s “shar...
26 Jan, 2022, 12.20 PM IST
Djibouti & Zambia: Victims of Chinese grand strategy in AfricaChinese inroads and grand strategy in Africa may not be as smooth as it seems on the paper when it comes to the future of Beijing’s partner...
12 Apr, 2021, 05.25 PM IST
Djibouti lures foreign powers with strategic positionThe country of one million people is located halfway between Europe and Asia and overlooks the narrow strait between the Red Sea and the Gu...
11 Feb, 2021, 05.10 PM IST
Sea of Spices: How trade gets intertwined with mythsIndia’s coastal regions were associated with sea trade, as per a 2000-year-old Greek text, Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. It mentions trad...
26 Dec, 2020, 01.02 PM IST
Why Ethiopia is suddenly on brink of civil warSome experts have compared the confrontation to an inter-state war, with two large and well-trained forces and little sign of backing down.
06 Nov, 2020, 09.01 PM IST
AP explains: Why Ethiopia is suddenly on brink of civil warThe crisis in Ethiopia has been building for months, and "it has been like watching a train crash in slow motion," Dino Mahtani with the In...
06 Nov, 2020, 12.27 PM IST
Abiy Ahmed's Nobel could mean peace in AfricaThe Nobel Peace Prize for Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed could become a catalyst for peace in the Greater Horn of Africa region
12 Oct, 2019, 11.00 PM IST
Indians most worried about terrorism, jobs and corruption: Survey'What Worries the World' is a monthly online survey of adults aged under 65 in 28 countries including India, China, France, Germany, Saudi ...
15 Apr, 2019, 08.21 PM IST
China opposes Indian military intervention in Maldives"The current situation in Maldives is its internal affairs," said China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, adding that China believes in the pri...
07 Feb, 2018, 03.08 PM IST
Xi Jinping says improving China-Lanka ties have his 'high attention'Xi told his Sri Lankan counterpart Maithripala Sirisena that China is willing to work with it for better development of strategic cooperati...
04 Feb, 2018, 07.53 PM IST
From medieval Delhi to Noida: How hate for ‘habshi’ is still onThe recent spate of racial attacks on people of African origin in Greater Noida has brought to focus once again the xenophobia that blacks ...
29 Mar, 2017, 11.21 AM IST
Land of Origins - Ethiopia, trying to woo Indian touristsKeeping the interests of the Indian middle-class in mind, they are working towards cost-effective methods and Ethiopia has been working in ...
22 May, 2016, 01.30 PM IST
- The Mediterranean Sea is now a cemetery says, Father Mussie Zerai
Amongst the favourite nominees for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, Don Mussie Zerai talks about the error the World Powers are making in mistak...
20 Nov, 2015, 01.26 PM IST
Ruthless crime gangs driving global wildlife tradeHundreds of rangers have been killed over recent years as poachers stop at nothing in their quest for lucrative animal parts such as ivory ...
09 Mar, 2013, 01.48 PM IST
- Anna Hazare's movement among top 10 news stories of 2011: Time magazine
Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement that saw Indians rally in support has been named among the top 10 news stories in the world this yea...
08 Dec, 2011, 01.39 PM IST
- Somalian piracy - A grave concern for all nations
Piracy on the high seas off the coast of East Africa makes for half the global attacks.
22 Mar, 2010, 01.33 AM IST
- Low expectations as Rice heads to Africa
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flies Tuesday to Addis Ababa to consult regional leaders and ministers about how to defuse tensions ...
02 Dec, 2007, 08.00 AM IST