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{{Infobox summit meeting
| summit_name = 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit
| other_titles =
| image = Third India-Africa Forum Summit Logo.jpg
| caption = The lion logo depicting [[African lion|African]] and [[Indian lion]]
| country = [[India]]
| date = 26–29 October 2015
| motto = Reinvigorated Partnership-Shared Vision
| venues = [[Indira Gandhi Arena]]
| cities = [[New Delhi]]
| participants =
| chairperson =
| follows = 2nd India-Africa Forum Summit
| precedes = 4th India-Africa Forum Summit
| website = {{URL|http://mea.gov.in/india-africa-forum-summit-2015/index.html#}}
| keypoints =
}}

The '''Third India-Africa Forum Summit ([[India-Africa Forum Summit|IAFS]]-III)''' was held in [[New Delhi]], India from 26–30 October 2015. The five-day summit started with consultations on official level followed by the head of states/governments level summit on 29 October 2015 with scheduled bilateral meetings on 30 October 2015. This is going to be India's biggest diplomatic outreach involving delegates from a large number of African nations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Biggest-diplomatic-event-India-Africa-summit-from-October-26/articleshow/46691914.cms|title=Biggest diplomatic event: India-Africa summit from October 26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/narendra-modi-government-pulls-out-all-stops-to-host-the-first-all-africa-summit-in-india/articleshow/48862655.cms|title=Narendra Modi government pulls out all stops to host the first all-Africa Summit in India|work=[[The Economic Times]]|date=8 September 2015|accessdate=8 September 2015}}</ref>

==Background==
The Summit was earlier scheduled to be held in December 2014, with a three-year gap after the 2011 Summit in [[Addis Ababa]]. But [[Syed Akbaruddin]], the official spokesperson of [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Indian Foreign Ministry]], told the media that the scheduled summit was postponed to 2015 and would include a higher number of African leaders unlike the previous two summits where the event was restricted to only 10–15 African countries. Although media reports claimed that [[Ebola]] outbreak in Western African nations played key role behind the postponement of the summit.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/Ebola-Scare-Pushes-India-Africa-Summit-to-2015/2014/09/21/article2441381.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927042144/http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/Ebola-Scare-Pushes-India-Africa-Summit-to-2015/2014/09/21/article2441381.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2014|title=Ebola Scare Pushes India-Africa Summit to 2015|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=21 September 2014|accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref>

Invitations were sent out to all 54 African nations through the respective Indian missions but it was not delivered only in Libya, as there is no government functioning at the time, and the Indian embassy also had to move to Tunisia. India's Foreign Minister [[Sushma Swaraj]] herself handed over the invitation to South African President [[Jacob Zuma]] during her visit to the African country in May 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/MEA-Overdrive-to-Ensure-India-Africa-Summit-a-Success/2015/05/20/article2823787.ece|title=MEA Overdrive to Ensure India-Africa Summit a Success|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|accessdate=4 June 2015}}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/india-africa-summit-50-african-leaders-set-to-attend-115082000552_1.html|title=India-Africa Summit: 50 African leaders set to attend|work=[[Business Standard]]|date=20 August 2015|accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref>

==Logo==
The logo depicts a lion with one half of an [[African lion]] and another half of an [[Indian lion]]. The official website mentioned about the logo: "Proud, Courageous, Bold and on the Prowl, ready to take on the future and seize every opportunity". In the background African map overlapping merges with Indian map in a reference to ancient [[Gondwanaland]] when Indian subcontinent used to be part of today's Africa's continental landmass millions of years ago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/proud-bold-and-on-the-prowl-the-india-africa-forum-summit-lion-115081301043_1.html|title=Proud, bold and on the prowl - the India-Africa Forum Summit lion|work=[[Business Standard]]|date=13 August 2015|accessdate=}}</ref>
The [[India Gate]], one of the iconic landmark of Delhi, the host city will be illuminated with 3D laser projection showing India-Africa shared heritage and India's contribution in African peace and prosperity, throughout the summit week.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Laser-show-planned-at-India-Gate-in-October/articleshow/48780625.cms|title=Laser show planned at India Gate in October|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=3 September 2015|accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref>

==Participants==
The host country, India, had sent invitations to all 54 African [[head of state]]/[[head of government|government]] and trying to ensure maximum participation at the highest level. As of September 2015, the following dignitaries were expected to attend the summit in Delhi, India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/35-of-54-heads-of-state-to-attend-India-Africa-summit/articleshow/48841484.cms|title=35 of 54 heads of state to attend India-Africa summit|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=6 September 2015|accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:14em" |Country
! Title
! Leader
|-
| {{flag|African Union}} || Chairperson || [[Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma]]
|-
| {{DZA}} || Prime Minister || [[Abdelmalek Sellal]]
|-
| {{ANG}} || Vice President || [[Manuel Vicente]]
|-
| {{BEN}} || President || [[Yayi Boni]]
|-
| {{BOT}} || Minister of Foreign Affairs || [[Phandu Skelemani]]
|-
| {{BUR}} || Minister of Foreign Affairs || [[Moussa Nébié]]
|-
| {{BDI}} || First Vice President || [[Gaston Sindimwo]]
|-
| {{CPV}} || Minister of Foreign Affairs || Jorge Homero Tolentino Araujo
|-
| {{TCD}} || President || [[Idriss Déby]]
|-
| {{CMR}} || Minister of Foreign Affairs || [[Lejeune Mbella Mbella]]
|-
| {{flag|Central African Republic}} || Economic Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs || Julienne Desiree Gaudeuille
|-
| {{COM}} || President || [[Ikililou Dhoinine]]
|-
| {{flag|Cote d'Ivoire}} || Minister of Industry and Mines || Brou Kasi Jean-Claude
|-
| {{flag|Republic of the Congo|name=Congo–Brazzaville}} || Minister of Foreign Affairs || [[Jean-Claude Gakosso]]
|-
| {{DJI}} || President || [[Ismaïl Omar Guelleh]]
|-
| {{flag|COD|name=DR Congo}} || Minister of Foreign Affairs || [[Raymond Tshibanda]]
|-
| {{EGY}} || President || [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]]
|-
| {{flag|Eritrea}} || Minister of Foreign Affairs || [[Osman Saleh]]
|-
| {{GNQ}} || President || [[Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo]]
|-
| {{ETH}} || Prime Minister || [[Hailemariam Desalegn]]
|-
| {{GAB}} || President || [[Ali Bongo Ondimba]]
|-
| {{GMB}} || Vice President || [[Isatou Njie-Saidy]]
|-
| {{GHA}} || President || [[John Dramani Mahama]]
|-
| {{GUI}} || President || [[Alpha Condé]]
|-
| {{GNB}} || President || [[José Mário Vaz]]
|-
| {{KEN}} || President || [[Uhuru Kenyatta]]
|-
| {{LES}} || Prime Minister || [[Pakalitha Mosisili]]
|-
| {{LBR}} || President || [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]]
|-
| {{LBY}} || Prime Minister || [[Abdullah al-Thani]]
|-
| {{MDG}} || President || [[Hery Rajaonarimampianina]]
|-
| {{MWI}} || Minister of Foreign Affairs || [[George Chaponda]]
|-
| {{MLI}} || President || [[Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta]]
|-
| {{MRT}} || President || [[Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz]]
|-
| {{MUS}} || Prime Minister || [[Anerood Jugnauth]]
|-
| {{MAR}} || King || [[Mohammed VI of Morocco|Mohammed VI]]
|-
| {{MOZ}} || President || [[Filipe Nyusi]]
|-
| {{NAM}} || President || [[Hage Geingob]]
|-
| {{NER}} || President || [[Mahamadou Issoufou]]
|-
| {{NGA}} || President || [[Muhammadu Buhari]]
|-
| {{RWA}} || Prime Minister G|| [[Anastase Murekezi]]
|-
| {{STP}} || Prime Minister || [[Patrice Trovoada]]
|-
| {{SEN}} || President || [[Macky Sall]]
|-
| {{SEY}} || President || [[James Michel]]
|-
| {{SLE}} || President || [[Ernest Bai Koroma]]
|-
| {{SOM}} || President || [[Hassan Sheikh Mohamud]]
|-
| {{ZAF}} || President || [[Jacob Zuma]]
|-
| {{SSD}} || President || [[Salva Kiir Mayardit]]
|-
| {{SUD}} || President || [[Omar AlBashir|Omar Hassan Ahamed Albashir]]
|-
| {{SWZ}} || King || [[Mswati III]]
|-
| {{TZA}} || Vice President || [[Mohamed Gharib Bilal]]
|-
| {{TOG}} || Minister of Foreign Affairs || [[Robert Dussey]]
|-
| {{TUN}} || Foreign Minister || [[Taïeb Baccouche]]
|-
| {{UGA}} || President || [[Yoweri Museveni]]
|-
| {{ZMB}} || Vice President || [[Inonge Wina]]
|-
| {{flag|Zimbabwe}} || President || [[Robert Mugabe]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://mea.gov.in/india-africa-forum-summit-2015/index.html#]

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{{Foreign relations of India}}

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