Orange Botswana Public Relations and Communication Manager Tebogo Nadisah
Orange Phikwe National Marathon marks 10 years of transforming sport and local economy
The Orange Phikwe National Marathon has reached a major milestone, celebrating 10 years of growth as one of Botswana’s leading road races while cementing its role as a powerful driver of sports development, tourism and…
23 July 2026
BOTSWANA’S FOREIGN MINISTER JOINS VIRTUAL CMAG MEETING
GABORONE, July 10, 2026 – Honourable Dr. Phenyo Butale, Minister of International Relations, today participated in the Virtual Extraordinary 73rd Meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG). The session was chaired by Honourable Chris…
23 July 2026
Dr Phenyo Butale
Foreign Minister Dr Phenyo Butale heads to Brussels for OACPS meeting
GABORONE, July 14, 2026 – Honourable Dr. Phenyo Butale, Minister of International Relations, will represent Botswana at the 121st Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS),…
23 July 2026
Ramaotwana to Lead Botswana Delegation at SADC Security Meeting
GABORONE, July 16, 2026 — Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Honourable Nelson Ramaotwana, will head Botswana’s delegation to the 28th Ordinary Meeting of the SADC Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) on Politics, Defence…
23 July 2026
WHO IS GABANTHATE MOLOSI?
● Written by volunteers at Upright African Movement Some individuals help shape a nation’s identity, yet their names gradually fade from public memory even as their work continues to influence generations. Such is the story…
22 July 2026
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Innovating Education in Africa: AU Pushes AI and Skills Transformation
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Addis Ababa, 14 July 2026: The African Union (AU) this week hosted the Innovating Education in Africa (IEA) 2026 Expo at its Addis Ababa headquarters, drawing policymakers, innovators, academics and development…
15 July 2026
Gates and Bezos-backed firm fights for DRC's mineral data in exchange for more investments. Pic. (Business Insider Africa)
Africa’s Battle for Resource Sovereignty: Congo’s Colonial Mineral Archives at the Heart of a Global Tug-of-War
By Fortune Madondo The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and billionaires backed US-based AI mining company KoBold Metals have been at odds with Belgium and Belgian Museum over who gets to access, control and digitize millions…
14 July 2026
DJIBOUTI: “The military base capital of Africa”
By Fortune Madondo Djibouti is a tiny African nation, host to global military giants. This tiny, coastal nation of Djibouti, in East Africa, specifically, Horn of Africa (HoA) has emerged as a geopolitically strategic area…
14 July 2026
Botswana Vice President and Minister of Finance Hon Ndaba Nkosinathi Gaolathe
Botswana Parliament charts course for stronger law-making through landmark capacity-building seminar
From Moses Magadza in Gaborone, Botswana The Parliament of Botswana has embarked on a drive to strengthen legislative excellence, democratic accountability and evidence-based lawmaking, with parliamentary leaders and regional partners declaring that continuous learning has…
7 July 2026
Ghanaian Kwesi Pratt Jnr. calls for renewed Pan-African unity and solidarity with peoples resisting imperialism
Accra (Ghana)- Ghanaian journalist, political activist and Pan-Africanist Kwesi Pratt Jnr., Editor of “Ghana Insight” newspaper, owner of “Pan African TV”, and General Secretary of the Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG), delivered a wide-ranging lecture…
5 July 2026
Understanding the new European Union (EU) migration & asylum pact
“As the EU seeks to externalise its borders & migration problems” By Fortune Madondo “Migration is a European challenge which must be met with a European solution. One that is effective, fair and firm. This…
25 June 2026
Chairperson of the SADC PF Standing Committee on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (TIFI), Hon. Dumelang Saleshando from Botswana
SADC PF–UNCTAD training programme concludes first phase, equipping Parliamentarians to drive AfCFTA implementation
By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The first phase of a pioneering capacity-building partnership between the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has ended. The phase…
23 June 2026
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Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba
Statement by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuba’s Foreign Affairs Minister at the United Nations General Assembly
“Debate: Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America agaisnt Cuba” Mr. President; Excellencies, Permanent Representatives; Distinguished delegates; The government of the United States is carrying out…
14 July 2026
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End the Pressure on Cuba: It Is Ordinary People Who Are Paying the Price
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa The latest decision by the United States to impose another round of sanctions on Cuba has once again brought renewed attention to a policy that has lasted for more than six…
14 July 2026
President Nicholas Maduro
End the Siege on Venezuela: Let the Venezuelan People Rebuild in Peace
hardship, political pressure and now natural disaster. They deserve respect, not punishment. They deserve solidarity, not coercion. They deserve reconstruction, not occupation. Those who truly care about human rights should demand policies that reduce suffering…
7 July 2026
President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel
Cuba Must Not Be Punished for Choosing Its Own Path
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa History has a remarkable way of exposing the contradictions of great powers. Those who speak most loudly about democracy, human rights and the rules-based international order are often the very ones…
7 July 2026
Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez
Cuba: UN to debate blockade on July 7 despite US pressure
Havana (Prensa LatinaNews Agency), Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez announced today that Cuba has requested a UN session for July 7 to address the US blockade and denounced Washington’s pressure to prevent the debate. In a…
2 July 2026
Cuba’s Socialist Renewal: Reform Is Not Surrender, It Is Resistance
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa For more than six decades, Cuba has stood as one of the world’s most resilient nations. Despite facing one of the longest and most comprehensive economic blockades in modern history, the…
26 June 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
“Ukraine, Europe and Global Security”
by Sergey Lavrov At a meeting in London on 7 June 2026, the leaders of Britain, France, and Germany, as well as Vladimir Zelensky, laid out five preconditions for Russia to secure a “just and…
23 June 2026
Fifty Years of Silence: Monitoring Human Rights in Western Sahara Is a Moral Imperative
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