Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 | CONGO-KINSHASAINDIA Blue helmets, red faces 5th November 2008 Investigations into sexual abuse charges are to get underway soon India's defence minister A. K. Antony has ordered 'prompt and time-bound' investigations into charges of child sexual abuse by 60 of its soldiers deployed to the Mission des Na...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 | INDIA Anand Sharma 5th November 2008 Minister of State for External Affairs, India An experienced Africanist, Sharma's appointment as a Deputy Minister in the Foreign Ministry shows how seriously India is taking its new Africa strategy.
Vol 1 (AAC) No 9 | CONGO-KINSHASAINDIA More policing of the peacekeepers 6th November 2008 Indian soldiers are being accused of not knowing where their loyalties lie Indian peacekeepers in the United Nations' troubled mission in Congo-Kinshasa face a new investigation - this time into claims that a senior officer has publicly declared his sup...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 9 | INDIA K.V. Kamath 6th November 2008 President, Confederation of Indian Industry The sixty-year-old from Mangalore is revered in business circles for transforming a small lender, ICICI Bank, into a dynamic private enterprise. He joined ICICI in 1971, working ...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 8 | CONGO-KINSHASAINDIA Unravelling the UN investigation 6th November 2008 Indian troops based in the North Kivu province are being accused of an array of crimes Confidential reports by the United Nations contain 44 allegations against the Indian battalion based in Congo-Kinshasa's North Kivu province and known as INDBATT. The main report...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 8 | CONGO-KINSHASAINDIA Probing the Peacekeepers 6th November 2008 The Indian government better hope that reports of their troops' misdeeds are unfounded Three Indian officers'would not be spared' if they were found to have smuggled gold while serving with the United Nations in Congo-Kinshasa, India's Defence Minister A. K. Antony...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 8 | SOUTH AFRICAINDIA Family feud 7th November 2008 Telecoms companies are dreaming in Africa South Africa's mobile telephone giant MTN risks losing its second Indian suitor as a schism in India's richest family could prevent the deal's signing. A merger between the US$38...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 8 | INDIA Jignesh Shah 7th November 2008 Vice-Chairman, Multi Commodity Exchange In late May, a deal was signed to create MCX Africa, a pan-African commodities exchange to be located in Gaborone, Botswana. The exchange is the brainchild of Jignesh Shah, a you...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 7 | INDIA Akhil Gupta 7th November 2008 Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises Largely overshadowed by the family name and media attention devoted to Sunil Bharti Mittal, Akhil Gupta is Bharti Airtel's other Managing Director. Mittal is credited with the visi...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 6 | INDIAAFRICA The Delhi Durbar 7th November 2008 As Beijing and Tokyo boost their profiles, Prime Minister Singh's government hosts its first grand summit In a direct challenge to established Western interests and the continent's growing ties with China and Japan, India is promising to invest heavily in Africa's transport, energy ...