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AIKEYME with African navies

1 min readWest Asia & Africa
Battle IAS current affairs title card: AIKEYME with African navies (GS2 · IR, 13 April 2025)

What happened

  • Navy’s first Africa-India Key Maritime Engagement (AIKEYME) harbour phase opened at Dar es Salaam [PIB].

Background

  • Co-hosted with Tanzania [PIB].

Why it matters

  • The exercise builds ties with African navies in the Indian Ocean.

How to use this in Mains

GS-II IR

  1. As per PIB (2025-04-13): navy's first Africa-India Key Maritime Engagement (AIKEYME) harbour phase opened at Dar es Salaam.
  2. The exercise builds ties with African navies in the Indian Ocean.
Quotable data point

Navy's first Africa-India Key Maritime Engagement (AIKEYME) harbour phase opened at Dar es Salaam.

PIB: AIKEYME, 13 Apr 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: AIKEYME.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

AIKEYME co-host

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Official source: PIB: AIKEYME, 13 Apr 2025

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