President Isaias Receives Indian Minister of External Affairs

“India is indeed a genuine partner of Eritrea.” – President Isaias BY MOI ERITREA President Isaias Afwerki today met and held talks at the State House with Mr. Velamveli Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs of the Republic of India. President Isaias underlined in the meeting that India is indeed a genuine partner of […]

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India Calls for Promoting Human Rights Through Consensus, Impartiality

By Arul Louis, INDIA has called for focusing UN human rights endeavours on advocacy and consensus building, while eschewing ideologically-driven pronouncements and striving for impartiality. Indian Ambassador Asoke Kumar Mukerji told the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Monday: “The focus should be on advocacy and consensus building through promotion of better understanding of human rights issues” […]

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Karuturi Debacle Prompts Ethiopia to Review Land Policy

By Aman Sethi, In 2008, Karuturi Global made international headlines when it leased 300,000 hectares (ha) of land in southern Ethiopia with the stated aim of becoming the world’s largest food producer. Five years on, the slow progress of Karuturi and similar projects has prompted the Ethiopian government to reassess its policy of leasing vast […]

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