THE IMPERATIVE OF THE VISIT OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI TO ETHIOPIA: REAFFIRMING THE “ALL-WEATHER STRATEGIC PARNERSHIP”

From January 7 to January 9, Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Ethiopia in 2026, undertaken as part of the long-standing tradition of Chinese foreign ministers making Africa their first destination of the New Year, is significant both in its timing and substance. For the past 36 years, China has consistently prioritized Africa in this […]
AFTER GAZA PEACE DEAL, NOW TRUMP EYES UKRAINE

Right on the immediate aftermath of the fragile Gaza peace deal, US President Donald Trump appears set to keep his momentum, hinting at pulling off a spectacularly similar deal in Ukraine. At the behest of the Kremlin, Trump held a two-and-half hour telephone meeting with his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin. They discussed several key […]
BRICS MUST ACCEPT MORE MEMBERS TO BECOME A TRUE CATALYST FOR A NEW, BETTER WORLD ORDER

The annual BRICS Summit, to be attended by heads of state, takes place in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro in early July. BRICS, acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is expanding at the speed of a lightning. At the 2023 BRICS Summit in South Africa, six more countries were accepted as members into […]
IBSA LEADERS’ MEDIA STATEMENT

IBSA is a trilateral, developmental initiative between India, Brazil and South Africa to promote South-South co-operation and exchange.