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China's African Safari,
US Plans Military Center
(February 08, 2007)
Abandoned by European
colonists, used as pawns
by the US and Soviet
Union during the Cold
War, and ignored for the
last decade and a half,
Africa nations are back
in favor for engagement
because of Chinese
involvement in that
continent.<More>
Jintao Travels to Africa Again
(January 31 , 2007)
Chinese President Hu Jintao is
traveling to Africa again that
the African Development Bank (ADB)
says is focused on trade and
to strengthen bonds with
ignored nations and population
and making “Africa one of the
major areas of attention.”<More>
Islamic Leader Surrenders in
Kenya
(January 23, 2007)
An Islamic leader of Somalia’s
ousted Islamic movement
surrendered to Kenyan
authorities raising hopes that
the moderate Sheik Sharif
Sheik Ahmed can facilitate
moderation of widespread
Jihadist insurgency in
Africa..<More>
US Bombs Islamists in
Somalia
(January 11, 2007)
At least two incidents
of US plane and
helicopter bombed
Islamists caught in a
pincer between Ethiopian
and Somali forces on the
one hand and Kenyan
troops on the other and
many believe that key al
Qaeda militants may have
been killed in the
attack.<More>
Islamists Driven Out of
Mogadishu
(January 02, 2007)
Islamists controlling Somali
capital Mogadishu the last 6
months and enforcing medieval
laws were driven out by
Western-supported Somali
government troops and backed
by Ethiopian tanks and MIG
fighter jets.<More>
Ethiopia Declares War
against Islamists
(December 27, 2006)
Ethiopia formally declared war
on Islamists in neighboring
Somalia claiming that such
dramatic step was necessary to
protect its sovereignty and
its warplanes bombed two
Islamist-held airfields in
Somalia including the one in
capital Mogadishu.<More>
Somalia in “State of War”
with Ethiopia
(December 25, 2006)
Somali Islamic leader Sheik
Hassan ahir Aweys claimed that
the nation is in a “state of
war…against Ethiopia”
contradicting his earlier
pledge to return to peace
talks with the government and
is now asking “All Somalis” to
“take part in struggle.”<More>
Darfur Force by UNSC
(December 20, 2006)
The United Nations Security Council urged
Sudan to accept deployment of a peacekeeping
force that will contain African Union (AU)
and European troops in the ravaged Darfur
region to augment the 7000 under-funded and
ill-equipped AU force that has failed to
stem the bloodshed.<More>
Indo-Mozambique Agriculture
Plan
(November 22, 2006)
India and Republic of
Mozambique signed a work plan
to cooperate in agriculture
includes training programs for
Mozambique experts in India,
and technical assistance in
agriculture, horticulture,
animal husbandry, and
fisheries.<More>
Sudan Expels UN Envoy over
Blog
(October 24, 2006)
Looking for an excuse to rid
the UN of its soil to pursue
its unholy war on innocent
ethnic Africans, Sudan
expelled UN envoy for
authoring a blog that reported
a serious Sudanese army
reversal in fighting
insurgents in Northern Darfur.<More>
India, Ethiopia Plan Agri Cooperation
(October 17, 2006)
Following a request by the Ethiopian
Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry ,
India is considering a proposal by the
Department of Agricultural Research and
Education to send a 4-member team to
salinity and give technical advice to boost
production.<More>
Darfur Refugees Live in Fear
(October 16, 2006)
Belying expectations that African Union (AU)
peacekeepers would bring peace to the
ethnically torn Darfur region of Sudan ,
refugees in camps say that the peacekeeping
mission is escalating the conflict and the
resultant violence is driving away aid.<More>
India-Mozambique to Co-Operate on
Mining
(October 11, 2006)
A Republic of Mozambique delegation
led by its Minister for Mineral
Resources Esperanca Laurinda Bias,
Mozambique is visiting India to
discuss bilateral cooperation in the
mining sector, related technologies,
and expertise sharing.<More>
Women CRPF for Liberian
Peacekeeping
(September 18, 2006)
An all women Central Reserve
Police Force (CRPF) contingent
with 125 officers are being
deployed as part of the UN
Formed Police Unit (FPU) to
train Liberian National
Police, participate in joint
patrolling, and perform riot
control duties. This is the
first time, an all woman
continent is being sent as
part of a UN mission.<More>
IBSA Trade Rises Dramatically
(September 12, 2006)
Calling the India-Brazil-South
Africa (IBSA) grouping an “emerging
trinity in the new geography of
international trade,” United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) values the intra and inter
regional trade close to USD 10
billion for 2007.<More>
Africa Promises to
collaborate on UN Council
Expansion
(June 28, 2006)
Ghana Foreign Minister Nana
Addo Akufo-Addo said Africa
will look at new ways of
collaborating with India for
expanding the UN Security
Council (UNSC) and said he
hoped that “the forthcoming
AU summit at Banjul will
give a new push to that."<More>
Islamic Militia Claim
Mogadishu
(June
06, 2006)
An Islamic militia, along the
lines of Taliban in
Afghanistan, claimed that it
has seized Mogadishu after
weeks of gory fighting
capping 15 years of anarchy
in Somalia.<More>
AU Opposes UNSC Expansion (January 10,
2006)
India, Germany, and Brazil have re-tabled their draft
resolution on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
expansion. <More>
ONGC Invests 250 m in SudanJanuary
25, 2006
ONGC Videsh Limited and Bharat Heavy Electricals
Limited (BHEL) have teamed up to invest USD 350
million in a 500 megawatt (MW) project in Sudan.<More>
7 Nepali Peacekeepers Abducted in Congo
Nearly 2 weeks after Islamic rebels abducted and
killed 12 Nepali workers, Congo terrorists have
abducted 7 Nepali peacekeeping soldiers killing one of
them and maiming 3.<More
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