Focus: Indian Ocean Rim | 8th November 2023

With Tanzania a key Indian Ocean Region state emerging as economically stable, both India and China are expanding their engagement with the SE African state. In a major step that would foster closer ties the Indian Institute of Technology Madras became the first Indian Institute of Technology to set up an international campus, by launching a campus in Tanzania this week. Meanwhile, the Chinese government selected a state-owned company to negotiate a concession to operate a line connecting Zambia’s copper-mining heartland with the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam. India also stepped up its defence ties with Seychelles with Indian naval ship (INS) Sharda making a port call this week. Last week, Indian Minister of State for External Affairs visited Mauritius to expand special ties with the Indian Ocean Region state. Meanwhile, South Africa-Israel ties is set to deteriorate with the South African government saying it will recall all diplomats from Israel to “signal” its concern over the situation in Gaza. King Charles III last week said there could be “no excuse” for British colonial atrocities against Kenyans as he visited the country, but did not offer the apology demanded by some in the East African nation.      

 

IIT Madras establishes first international campus in Tanzania’s Zanzibar

The Business Standard | 6th November 2023 

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras became the first Indian Institute of Technology to set up an international campus, by launching a campus in Tanzania on Monday (Nov 6). India and the East African nation had recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU).The Zanzibar Campus, IIT Madras, will be on Zanzibar Island, off the East African mainland and part of the Tanzanian republic. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, inaugurated the IIT Madras Zanzibar at an event held on Monday at the Zanzibar campus in the presence of Tanzanian officials, Indian dignitaries, faculty, and students.

 

China Railway to Negotiate Tanzania-Zambia Line Concession

Bloomberg | 1st November 2023

The Chinese government selected a state-owned company to negotiate a concession to operate a line connecting Zambia’s copper-mining heartland with the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam, which may require as much as $1 billion in investment.

 

Indian naval ship Sharda arrives in Seychelles with gifts of India-Seychelles friendship

Seychelles Nation | 6th November 2023

Indian naval ship (INS) Sharda is making a port call at Victoria from Monday, November 6 to November 10, 2023, which will be followed by joint surveillance of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) with the Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF) from November 11 to 14, 2023. This is in accordance with the practice between SDF and Indian Navy of undertaking bi-annual deployment towards joint patrolling of the Seychelles’ EEZ for the past few years, which is a significant pillar of the defence cooperation between the two countries.

 

MoS Muraleedharan meets Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth

The Print | 2nd November 2023 

Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Thursday met Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth in Port Louis, expressed gratitude to Mauritius for their active participation in G20 meetings as a special guest. “Honored to call on Mauritius PM H. E. @KumarJugnauth in Port Louis. Conveyed greetings of PM@narendramodi ji. Expressed gratitude to Mauritius for their active participation in #G20 meetings as a special guest,” MoS Muraleedharan wrote on ‘X’.

 

South Africa joins diplomatic boycott of Israel over Gaza war

Al Jazeera, November 6, 2023

The South African government has said it will recall all diplomats from Israel to “signal” its concern over the situation in Gaza. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, a minister in the president’s office, said on Monday that all diplomatic staff in Tel Aviv would be called to return to Pretoria for consultations, without providing further details. “We are … extremely concerned at the continued killing of children and innocent civilians in the Palestinian territories and we believe the nature of response by Israel has become one of collective punishment,” Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor told a later press conference.

 

King Charles Expresses “Deepest Regret” Over Colonial Wrongdoings In Kenya

NDTV | 1st November 2023

King Charles III last week said there could be “no excuse” for British colonial atrocities against Kenyans as he visited the country, but did not offer the apology demanded by some in the East African nation.  “There were abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence committed against Kenyans as they waged… a painful struggle for independence and sovereignty,” Charles said at a state banquet hosted by Kenyan President William Ruto. 

 

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