Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)
Context Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged $51 billion of funding to African countries at the ninth edition of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing. 2024 FOCAC significant? The…
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) 2024 Annual Meeting
Context The annual meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) began in Nuku’alofa, the capital of Tonga. About Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) 2024 Annual Meeting The event is being attended…
Security of Supply Arrangement (SOSA)
Context India and the US have signed a Security of Supply Arrangement (SOSA) and Memorandum of Agreement regarding the Assignment of Liaison Officers, the latest in a series of bilateral…
Palianytsia missile of Ukraine
Context Ukraine recently confirmed the existence of Palianytsia, a new homegrown long-range weapon a missile-drone hybrid which can strike deep into Russia. The Palianytsia was used for the first time to…
Hannibal Directive activated by Israel
Context As Hamas raided southern Israel last year, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) activated the “Hannibal Directive”, a purported operational doctrine of using maximum force to ensure no soldiers are captured, even…
Sudan’s Darfur region deemed at risk of famine
Context A key supply route into Sudan's Darfur region, deemed at risk of famine by experts, has been cut off due to heavy rains, a World Food Programme official said.…
India and the French revolution
India and the French revolution Context India, along with several other countries which underwent decolonisation took the slogan dearly. From the time of the British occupation, India was inspired by…
What is French Bastille Day?
Context The French National Day is celebrated on July 14 each year, on the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris in 1789 known as Bastille Day.…
France Cohabitation
France cohabitation Context After two rounds of polling in France will elect a new National Assembly. For the first time in 22 years, there is a real possibility that the…
Chad eliminates sleeping sickness
Context Chad has become the first country in 2024 and the 51st globally to eliminate a neglected tropical disease (NTD) — the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also…
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