India

India
Population:	1,147,995,904
GDP (Purchasing power parity):	$2.966 trillion
Debt:	$149.2 billion
Overview:	With Indian diplomats like Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor and former Ambassador to Ethiopia Gurjit Singh giving Africa a higher profile in Delhi, India has agreed to provide $5.4 bn. in concessional finance for African projects. Outbid at most turns by other state-owned Asian companies, ONGC Videsh is still looking to make a big investment in the Gulf of Guinea.

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Vol 1 No 11
September 2008

Partha S. Bhattacharyya

Chairman, Coal India Ltd

Vol 1 No 10
August 2008

Three is a crowd

Efforts by Kenya to push a compromise over a refineries contract between companies from Libya and India over oil are proving messy

Vol 1 No 10
August 2008

Blue helmets, red faces

Investigations into sexual abuse charges are to get underway soon

Vol 1 No 10
August 2008

Anand Sharma

Minister of State for External Affairs, India

Vol 1 No 9
July 2008

More policing of the peacekeepers

Indian soldiers are being accused of not knowing where their loyalties lie

Vol 1 No 9
July 2008

K.V. Kamath

President, Confederation of Indian Industry

Vol 1 No 8
June 2008

Unravelling the UN investigation

Indian troops based in the North Kivu province are being accused of an array of crimes

Vol 1 No 8
June 2008

Probing the Peacekeepers

The Indian government better hope that reports of their troops' misdeeds are unfounded

Vol 1 No 8
June 2008

Family feud

Telecoms companies are dreaming in Africa

Vol 1 No 8
June 2008

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