Private Maritime Security: A necessity?
The sharp rise in incidents of piracy in South Asia and Southeast Asia is causing worry for governments in the region. A security vacuum has generated heightened concerns over maritime …
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Demographic shift: Africa heading for population explosion
Africa will herald one of the most radical demographic shifts of the century. Latest estimates indicate that by the end of the century, 40% of the world’s people will be …
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US raises bar for Africa ties, billions to flow
The first US-Africa summit ended on a high note, with US companies pledging investments worth $17 billion and President Barack Obama heralding Africa as a continent on the rise and …
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US ups stakes, holds first summit with Africa
Against the backdrop of the rise of Asian powers, most prominently China, in Africa, the United States is hosting its first summit with the resurgent continent, which is expected to …
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BRICS back regional and inclusive solutions in Africa
Underlining the growing importance of Africa, the BRICS Fortaleza Declaration, which emerged from the sixth BRICS summit in Brazil, focused on the role of international efforts in the continent to …
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Ebola epidemic ravages West Africa
As an unprecedented Ebola epidemic continues to wage havoc in West Africa, the international medical humanitarian organization, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says it does not have resources to check the …
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Peter Mutharika, lawyer and educator, is Malawi’s new president
Malawi, a land-locked southeast African country, is poised for change of guard with Peter Mutharika, brother of former president Bingu wa Mutharika, and a former foreign minister, winning the presidential …
Read MoreNigeria Africa’s largest economy
Nigeria’s economy is on a roll. West Africa’s largest economy has clocked an average growth of 6.45 percent, which is 2.39 percent higher than the combined percentage of 4.06 for …
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Abe’s African Safari: Will it pay off?
At the beginning of the year, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a trip to Africa, visiting Ethiopia, Ivory Coast and Mozambique. This was the first visit by a Japanese …
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India and Africa: Shared Cultures, entwined destinies
It’s an unending journey, laden with history, nostalgia and cross-cultural intermingling. If the two-way trade between India and Africa is now racing to touch $100 billion by 2015, it all …
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