Nivedita Ray

India's interest in Sudan has grown significantly in recent years. This is reflected in India's increased trade and investments in Sudan. Two factors that have generated such interest and encouraged...

• Nivedita Ray |
• January 2007 |
• Strategic Analysis

While commemorating 50 years of China's diplomatic ties with Africa, the China-Africa Summit, held on November 4-5, 2006 adopted a three-year action plan to deepen the existing political and economic...

• Nivedita Ray |
• November 09, 2006 |
• IDSA Comments

After weeks of intense negotiations and international pressure, the Sudanese government and a faction of the main rebel group (SLA) signed a peace deal on May 5, which aims to...

• Nivedita Ray |
• May 25, 2006 |
• IDSA Comments

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, wanted for war crimes by the international tribunal in Sierra Leone, was arrested on Wednesday in northern Nigeria on the Cameroon border. He was deported...

• Nivedita Ray |
• April 04, 2006 |
• IDSA Comments

Somalia has entered into a new period of crises with the rise of Islamic forces in the country. After months of fierce fighting, on June 4 this year the militias...

• Nivedita Ray |
• April 2006 |
• Strategic Analysis

In the last month tensions had mounted in Nigeria's oil rich Delta region due to the kidnapping of four expatriate oil workers and attacks by militant youths at two oil...

• Nivedita Ray |
• February 13, 2006 |
• IDSA Comments

The Indian-led United Nations Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia (UNMEE), which is monitoring the five-year-old ceasefire between the two countries, is in danger of being withdrawn due to escalation in...

• Nivedita Ray |
• January 13, 2006 |
• IDSA Comments

On November 19, 2004, the UN Security Council convened an unusual session on Sudan’s doorstep, in Nairobi at the end of which they unanimously adopted a resolution promising political and...

• Nivedita Ray |
• October 2004 |
• Strategic Analysis