At the very least, the decision on text-based negotiations has brought some more
legitimacy to the process of reform. However, there is no guarantee yet that
Security Council reform is any closer or any less complicated.

• Arpita Anant |
• July-September 2015 |
• Africa Trends

During the Great War, seven Indian Expeditionary Forces (IEF) from 'A' to 'G' were employed of which IEF 'B' and IEF 'C' are of interest. In the four year period from 1914 to 1918 nearly 50,000 Indian troops passed through East Africa. At any one time in-theatre there were about 15,000 troops.

• P. K. Gautam |
• July-September 2015 |
• Africa Trends

The emergence of the AU as a player in maintenance of peace and security should
not mean prioritising regionalism over the true spirit of internationalism that the
UN ought to represent. This may need a reform or two on both sides.

• Saurabh Mishra |
• July-September 2015 |
• Africa Trends

As both Ethiopia and India are old countries, with 3000 and 5000 years of history
respectively, their relations go back thousands of years.

• Genet Zewide |
• April-June 2015 |
• Africa Trends

For the Burundians a non-violent electoral process was significant for the
consolidation of peace and economic recovery in the country, as well as for
democracy in the wider Great Lakes region. However, the decision of the current President, Pierre Nkurunziza, to run for the third term had sparked anger among the opposition parties and Burundian population as they saw this move as unconstitutional.

• Kuhoo Saxena |
• April-June 2015 |
• Africa Trends

Despite the decline in piracy, there are other threats such as threat of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing. The recent discovery of large deposits of natural gas off the country's sea coast has made the Tanzanian government vary of threat to the emerging natural gas infrastructure in the region and it is open to finding new partners, like India, to deal with this peril.

• Ruchita Beri |
• April-June 2015 |
• Africa Trends

The paucity of options for a solution will lead to increasing securitisation of
migration in Europe. Meanwhile, the African Union should recognise that the
migrant problem is as much theirs as of Europe. After all, the migrants perishing
in the sea are not Europeans, but Sub-Saharan Africans.

• Nachiket Khadkiwala |
• April-June 2015 |
• Africa Trends

Libya has ripened into a proxy war between the regional powers. While Qatar, Turkey and Sudan have been supporting the Libya Dawn and General National Congress (GNC) based in Tripoli, Egypt and United Arab Emirates (UAE) are backing the internationally recognised government based in Tobruk and its allied General Khalifa Haftar's Operation Dignity. However, such a proxy war will only destabilise Libya.

• Nachiket Khadkiwala |
• January-March 2015 |
• Africa Trends

On March 28, 2015, Nigerians elected to power a new government after 16 years.
Despite the constant threat of Boko Haram looming, the Nigerian people were
not afraid and came out in large numbers to vote.

• Kuhoo Saxena |
• January-March 2015 |
• Africa Trends

Since 2012, the Gulf of Guinea has emerged as one of the most pirate-infested
waters in the world, posing an urgent security threat to the maritime environment. While the total number of piracy incidents world-wide has fallen in recent years… attacks on the west coast of Africa have witnessed a steady rise, now accounting for nearly a fifth of all attacks.

• Abhijit Singh |
• January-March 2015 |
• Africa Trends