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U.N. approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa’s true size

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U.N. approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa’s true size

The Mercator map distorts the relative ‌size of land masses by expanding those nearer the poles. It makes ‌Greenland ⁠appear roughly the same size as Africa, though Africa is about ⁠14 times larger. | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons The United Nations on Friday (September 4, 2026) voted for ⁠a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator…

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Collaboration with India will help counter ‘future pandemics’, says African Union as Ebola outbreak spreads

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Collaboration with India will help counter ‘future pandemics’, says African Union as Ebola outbreak spreads

Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Ahead of next week’s India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi, the African Union has called for “collective international solidarity and cooperation” to deal with the Ebola virus outbreak affecting multiple African countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. Responding to queries from The Hindu, Nuur…

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Collaboration with India will help counter ‘future pandemics’, says African Union as Ebola outbreak spreads

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Collaboration with India will help counter ‘future pandemics’, says African Union as Ebola outbreak spreads

Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Ahead of next week’s India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi, the African Union has called for “collective international solidarity and cooperation” to deal with the Ebola virus outbreak affecting multiple African countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. Responding to queries from The Hindu, Nuur…

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African Union ‘firmly condemns’ Israeli incursion into Rafah

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African Union ‘firmly condemns’ Israeli incursion into Rafah

African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The African Union condemned Wednesday the Israeli military’s moves into southern Gaza’s Rafah, calling for the international community to stop “this deadly escalation” of the war. AU Commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat “firmly condemns the extension of this war to the Rafah crossing”, said…

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A Peek Into PM Modi’s Productive Morning At G20 Summit

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A Peek Into PM Modi’s Productive Morning At G20 Summit

PM Modi welcomed world leaders at the G20 summit venue this morning New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today shared a video that contained glimpses from the G20 summit in Delhi. “Been a productive morning at the G20 Summit in Delhi,” said the post on Prime Minister Modi’s account on X. The video shows Prime Minister…

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Morning Digest | African Union to join G-20 as Sherpas reach a deal; Delhi may turn venue for dialogue on reviving the Black Sea Grain Initiative, and more

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Morning Digest | African Union to join G-20 as Sherpas reach a deal; Delhi may turn venue for dialogue on reviving the Black Sea Grain Initiative, and more

African Union to join G-20, as Sherpas reach a deal The African Union (AU) is set to join the G-20 as negotiators agreed on clearing its membership, according to sources privy to the discussions at the Sherpa meeting at a resort on the outskirts of Delhi. This will mean the 55-member AU will join the…

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China Expresses Support For African Union’s Inclusion In G20

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China Expresses Support For African Union’s Inclusion In G20

The US has also strongly supported the move. Beijing: China on Thursday expressed its support for the inclusion of the African Union (AU) in the G20, saying it is the “first country to explicitly support” the inclusion of the African bloc in the grouping. In a recent interview with PTI, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said…

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