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PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIA � Africa With More Resources for Development

By Lazarus Manhi�a

Within the next three years, India shall make available US$ 7 billion in support of infrastructural development, human resources, regional integration and institutional capacity in Africa.

Nigeria welcomes India-Africa partnership

Nigeria has welcomed India's partnership with Africa making specific reference to the African countrys need for urgent support in the energy sector and collaboration in upstream and downstream oil and gas sector.

Africa to back Indian push for U.N. reform in September

If the views of the 15 countries taking part in the Africa-India Forum Summit here this week are indicative of the overall mood on the continent, the biggest political payoff for New Delhi from its renewed engagement with Africa could well be an accelerated process of reform at the United Nations, when the 66th session of the General Assembly starts in September.

PM gets red-carpet welcome in Addis Ababa

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was accorded a red carpet welcome in the Ethiopian capital, as he is there to attend the Second Africa-India Forum Summit which aims to cement India's ties with the resource- rich continent.

Manmohan aims to tap African market

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who is on a six-day visit to Ethiopia and Tanzania, aims at increasing India's footprint in Africa through partnerships in capacity building, skill transfer and trade and infrastructure development.

Ethiopia gets to see an Indian prime minister, finally

The maiden visit by an Indian prime minister to the second largest African nation Ethiopia emphasises India�s keenness to arrive on the African business-political scene.

PM�s 3-plank Africa strategy aims to correct past neglect

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is on a six-day tour of Africa, will push forward India�s agenda for Africa on three specific planks � capacity building and skill transfer, trade and infrastructure development.

India announces $5 bn aid for Africa, seeks support for UN reforms

By Manish Chand

Taking its burgeoning ties with Africa to a new high, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a massive $5 billion aid for the next three years and an additional $700 million for setting up new institutions and training programmes across the African continent.

Africa offers trade options to all: India

Dubbing India and China competing with each other for influence in Africa a notion promoted by the West, New Delhi said there was space for everyone in partnering with the continent as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is on a six-day Africa tour. There are comparisons being made between India and its biggest neighbour, China, in their active interests in Africa.

Ethiopia seeks more Indian teachers, agriculturists

By Tarun Basu

Ethiopia, one of Africa's emerging economies, is seeking more teachers and agriculturists from India to help it leapfrog into a knowledge economy and food-sufficient nation.