NIAS Area Studies


AFRICA MONITOR

NIAS Area Studies: Africa

NIAS Africa Studies aims to study contemporary Africa through the following verticals: internal politics, peace and conflict issues, civil-military relations, non-traditional security issues, radicalism, regional complexities (Horn of Africa, Sahel and North Africa), geopolitics and external relations, especially with the US, Europe and China. It publishes Africa Monitor (a monthly), with an objective to build capacity amongst the Indian scholars working on Africa.

NIAS Africa Studies also aims to create a network of African scholars in India and African scholars residing in India through an Annual Conclave starting from 2024.

Regular Publications

Africa Comment
One year of war in Sudan: Escalation, Failed peace talks and Humanitarian crisis

Sudan is currently one of the major hotspots of conflict in Africa. The war has lasted more than a year. While the Wars in Gaza and Ukraine are receiving much attention, the war in Sudan is a forgotten war, despite the fact that the human cost of the war surpasses Gaza and Ukraine. The war has impacted...

Anu Maria Joseph
27 November 2024
Africa Short Notes
Sudan: SAF’s bid to recapture Khartoum

In the news On 30 September, the UAE accused the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) of attacking the residence of its ambassador to Sudan. The UAE condemned the attack as a “heinous” one. The SAF has continuously accused the UAE of supporting the RSF in the war.  On the same day, the SAF...

10 October 2024 | GP Short Notes # 984
Africa Issue Brief
Sudan, three years after Omar al Bashir

After the regime change in April 2019, which overthrew the Omar al-Bashir government, there was a hope that the country will slowly march into democracy and economic prosperity. However, the developments in Sudan since October 2021 have placed them in a situation that existed in 2019, with the rolling...

S Shaji
11 May 2022
REVIEW REPORTS
Continuing Human Rights Issues in Ethiopia: Takeaways of the UN report

On 18 September 2023, the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia released a report on the human rights status in Ethiopia. The report highlights the violations of international law and crimes perpetrated in Tigray, Afar, Amhara and Oromia during the period from November 2020 to...

Nithyashree RB
17 October 2023

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About the team

Anu Maria Joseph

Research Assistant, NIAS

Jerry Franklin A

Postgraduate Scholar, Madras Christian College, Chennai

Nithyashree RB

Postgraduate Scholar, Stella Maris College, Chennai

Sneha Surendran

Postgraduate Scholar, OP Jindal University, Haryana