South Sudan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Deng Dau Deng Malek speaks to SNI’s Associate Editor Amitabh P Revi and Video Journalist Prateek Suri in the capital Juba. He outlines his country’s gratitude to Indian peacekeepers and other Indians working in humanitarian efforts as the world’s largest democracy helps the world’s youngest country come out of civil conflict that has killed over 400,000 people and displaced over four million since 2013. The minister has also invited business and investment from India to help his country develop.
Deng Malek was appointed Deputy Minister for foreign affairs and international cooperation in September 2018. A close friend of the revolutionary leader John Garang, he served during the war in South Sudan where he was injured and had one of his legs amputated.
New 'intelligence' reports suggest that Russia "is weeks from attacking NATO." Details then say that it can happen anytime from 2026 to 2029. The very understanding of the Russian threat is a caricature. We unpack the reports and zero-in on the real scenario forward!
One has been listening to a jibe at the Modi government that is as lazy as it is ignorant. Why does the government give 5 Kgs of grains to the poor 80 crore when the Indian economy is growing? Has India become more "socialist" under Modi? Here is a detailed analysis.
