Vol 3 (AAC) No 5 | ALGERIACHINAINDIA Companies and contracts under scrutiny 15th March 2010 There are four main strands to the sweeping the anti-corruption investigations launched in the wake of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s win with 90% of the votes cast in the electi...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 5 | CONGO-KINSHASAINDIA Monuc moves out 15th March 2010 The United Nations announced in early March that it would begin to withdraw its peacekeeping mission, the Mission des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo (Monuc) from...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 4 | TANZANIAINDIA RITES not right 12th February 2010 The renovation of Tanzania’s dilapidated railways stalls due to a dispute between the government and its Indian partners The Rail India Technical and Economic Services buyout of 51% of Tanzania’s national railway company is set to collapse this month. In March 2006, RITES agreed to buy part of the ...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 4 | TANZANIAINDIA Untoward Indian tillers 12th February 2010 A US$40 million concessionary loan from the Indian government is mired in delays, a legal review and accusations of corruption. Moreover, the mix of army-owned enterprises, tied ...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 4 | INDIA Anil Agarwal 12th February 2010 Chairman, Vedanta Resources, India Chinese investment may attract the ire of the Zambian opposition (see Briefing), but it is an Indian company that operates Zambia’s largest copper mine. Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta R...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 3 | INDIAAFRICA Deconstructing Chindia 15th January 2010 Delhi’s diplomats show how its brand of democracy and business differs from Beijing’s India’s push for more trade and access to African mineral resources in 2010 will be made with one eye focused on Beijing. Indian diplomats and businessmen are trying more than ever...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 3 | INDIA Mohammad Hamid Ansari 15th January 2010 Vice-President, India Indian Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari began 2010 with a seven-day trip to Zambia, Malawi and Botswana. Ties abound between India and the three countries: Vedanta is the large...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 2 | NIGERIAINDIASOUTH KOREA It's not over until it's over 15th December 2009 After winning back its oil acreage, South Korea offers pipelines, a power station and negotiations with its commercial rivals After winning a court battle over the Nigerian government's attempt to cancel its oil production licences, South Korea's Korea National Oil Corporation is offering to finance bil...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 2 | INDIAAFRICA New men for a new push 15th December 2009 A new team of Africa policymakers in Delhi is helping companies and banks to expand their investments on the continent The second iteration of India's Congress Party-led federal coalition has augmented its diplomatic, strategic and commercial thrust into Africa in pursuit of hydrocarbons, mineral...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 2 | INDIAAFRICA Grease for the wheels of friendship 15th December 2009 At the India-Africa Hydrocarbon Conference in Delhi on 8 December, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna preached the benefits of 'a close alignment on major international issue...