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The II Africa-India Summit was held in May 2011 in

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The African Union headquarters city hosted it; the first edition had been in New Delhi in 2008.
Updated On: Jul 17, 2026
  • New Delhi
  • Lagos
  • Nairobi
  • Addis Ababa
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The Correct Option is D

Solution and Explanation

The India Africa Forum Summit is a periodic meeting between India and the African Union. The question fixes the edition as the second and the date as May 2011, so we need the host city for that specific meeting.

  1. New Delhi: This city hosted the first summit in April 2008 and would host the third in October 2015. Since the summits alternate between the two sides, the second one was due in Africa. This option is the classic mix up.
  2. Lagos: Nigeria's biggest commercial city, but not its capital and not a host of this summit series.
  3. Nairobi: Kenya's capital and a busy UN centre, yet it has not hosted an India Africa Forum Summit.
  4. Addis Ababa: The capital of Ethiopia and the seat of the African Union Commission. The second summit met here on 24 and 25 May 2011 with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attending. This is the answer.

A useful shortcut: when a summit is held with the African Union as a partner, the default venue is Addis Ababa because the AU headquarters stand there. At this edition India offered around 5 billion dollars in concessional credit lines to Africa over the following three years, along with money for training institutes.

Let us summarize:

  • Summit I: New Delhi, April 2008. Summit II: Addis Ababa, May 2011. Summit III: New Delhi, October 2015.
  • Addis Ababa hosts because the African Union Commission is headquartered there.
  • India's main announcement in 2011 was a 5 billion dollar credit line package.

So the correct option is (D), Addis Ababa.

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