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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's four-nation tour of Africa aims to strengthen ties with the continent, particularly in the economic and interpersonal fields. The purpose of the visit will be to deepen cooperation in the field of hydrocarbons, maritime safety, trade and investment, agriculture and food . India has close ties with South Africa since Mahatma Gandhi ended the independence war against British rulers. He went to South Africa as a lawyer seeking work and came back to India as a strong voice for humanitarian values, which will continue to shape the history of humanity by changing the world. # 39; history. The Prime Minister is also looking to change the story. He is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Rwanda and donating 200 cows to poor Rwandans is in itself a unique gesture. "Cattle diplomacy" surpasses Chinese diplomacy by donating pandas and energy projects. The gesture builds on a Rwandan government program called Girinka, which since 2006 has been providing livestock to poor rural families to combat malnutrition by ensuring that children have access to milk. Girinka is a greeting in the local Kinyarwanda language which means "May you have many cows". The Girinka program, of which Modi said it "helps transform the lives of people in rural Rwanda," was celebrated to help reduce poverty by nearly a quarter between 2000 and 2010 The roots of relations between India and South Africa go back to when the country extended its continued support to the anti-apartheid struggle. Since then, there has been a steady consolidation of friendship ties with South Africa bilaterally and through the BRICS, IBSA and other forums. A number of bilateral agreements have been concluded between the two countries since the resumption of diplomatic relations in 1993 in various fields: economic and commercial cooperation, defense, culture, health, human settlements, public administration, science and technology and education .
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