أرشيف الكاتب: PanAfrikanist

African Union sends fact-finding mission to Chad

Mission to probe killing of late President Idriss Deby, facilitate return to constitutional order Addis Getachew Tadesse A fact-finding mission of the African Union Commission headed for Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Thursday to investigate the…

3 May 2021

Palestinian, Israeli, and foreign activists lift banners and placards during a demonstration against Israeli occupation and settlement activity in the Palestinian Territories and east Jerusalem, in Jerusalem's Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, on April 9, 2021 [AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images]

Palestinians face eviction from East Jerusalem homes

Dozens of Palestinians are facing imminent dispossession from their homes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in what they say is a move to force them out and replace it entirely with…

1 May 2021

POLISARIO Rep at UN refutes attempts of Morocco to mislead the int’l community by resorting to deceit and downright lies

New York (UN) 1 May 2021 (SPS)– Dr Sidi Omar, Member of the National Secretariat and Representative of the Frente POLISARIO at the United Nations, sent a letter on April 29 to the Heads of…

1 May 2021

Extraordinary Troika Summit of the Organ Plus Mozambique postponed indefinitely

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman In a twist of events, the Extraordinary Troika Summit of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation that was set for 29th April, 2021 in Maputo, Mozambique, has been indefinitely postponed. This comes…

28 April 2021

Self-quarantined President Masisi not attending crucial Extraordinary Troika Summit of the Organ Plus Mozambique

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, President Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana will be conspicuously absent Thursday during a crucial Summit of the Organ…

27 April 2021

UNDP reveals top 12 entrepreneurs transforming access to health, energy, and waste management in developing countries

UNDP, along with its partners EPFL, Orange and SAP announced today the selection of 12 exceptional growth-stage ventures striving to impact access to quality health, clean energy and waste management in developing countries. Sizeable investment…

24 April 2021

Botswana receives donation of 200 000 doses of Sinovac vaccines from China

Pan Afrikanist Watchman Botswana will on Sunday 25 April 2021 receive a donation of two hundred thousand (200 000) doses of Sinovac vaccines from the Government of the People’s Republic of China. China has stood…

23 April 2021

Polisario troops in a parade

Polisario Front criticises Security Council’s inaction on Western Sahara

Polisario Front strongly criticised Security Council’s “inaction” regarding Moroccan perpetuated violation of Saharawi people’s rights to freedom and full independence, after a closed videoconference (VTC) consultations on Western Sahara organised Wednesday 21st April, in which…

23 April 2021

Dodigi Program applications now open

DoDigi is a free12-week training and mentoring program for entrepreneurs focused on the Digital Economy, where at the end of the course, participants will have their products and/or services available for purchase online for greater…

21 April 2021

Press Summary of the 8th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party from April 16th to 19th in Havana

Cuba in Congress!   Beginning the 16th through the 19th, Cuba as a whole, represented by its delegates to the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, gathered in the capital’s Convention Centre in…

20 April 2021

President Duma Boko receives the Forensic Audit Report on Thursday, 30th, 2026, from the Chairman of the Project Steering Committee. Moses Pelaelo

Boko receives forensic audit report, vows to prosecute offenders

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Gaborone – 30 April 2026 – President Advocate Duma Boko has received the long-awaited forensic audit report, marking a decisive transition from anti-corruption pledges to active enforcement. The audit, conducted by…

30 April 2026

BPS top brass, led by Commissioner Dinah Marathe, sharing insights with the Russian delegation - pic. BPS

Botswana Police Service gains forensic, cybercrime edge through Russian partnership

Gaborone, April 29, 2026 — Commissioner of Police Dinah Marathe today received a courtesy call from the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Botswana, His Excellency Andrey Kemarskiy, at Police Headquarters, reaffirming the strong institutional…

30 April 2026

Outgoing Algerian Ambassador, His Excellency Abdermark Tigharghar, paid a farewell courtesy call on President Duma Boko on April 28, 2026

O𝐮𝐭𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐤𝐨

His Excellency Abdermark Tigharghar paid a farewell courtesy call on President Duma Boko following the conclusion of his two-year tenure in Botswana. Ambassador Tigharghar expressed gratitude for the warm hospitality extended to him, describing Batswana…

28 April 2026

Portia Tremlett Curator of World Art (left) with fellow Curator Sandra Bauza Santos @ Brighton & Hove Museums packs away historical items bound for Botswana as part of the repatriations programme ****Pic by David McHugh / Brighton Pictures

Brighton & Hove Museums Return 45 Artefacts to Botswana Today

GABORONE/BRIGHTON, April 28 — Forty-five cultural artefacts collected in Botswana in the 1890s arrive in Serowe today following their repatriation from Brighton & Hove Museums in the UK. The return follows a 2022 claim by…

28 April 2026

Orange-Money-CEO-Mr.-Seabelo-Pilane

Orange Money Botswana Raises Transaction Limits in Digital Push

Orange Money Botswana has increased its transaction limits for their customers, a move expected to strengthen the platform’s role as a key financial inclusion tool and accelerate the shift toward digital payments. The mobile financial…

24 April 2026

Cuban Ambassador Antonio Luis Pubillones Izaguirre, signing the Document denouncing the US blockade against Cuba

Cubans in Botswana Back Revolutionary Homeland Campaign with Public Statement

GABORONE – Members of the Cuban Medical Mission in Botswana have joined the global initiative “My Signature for the Homeland”, reaffirming solidarity with their nation’s revolutionary ideals. The Statement was read in Gaborone by the…

24 April 2026