أرشيف الكاتب: PanAfrikanist

UDC spin-doctor reacts to Cabinet reshuffle

Moeti Mohwasa Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) Head of communications Moeti Mohwasa has reacted in a Facebook post to last week’s Cabinet reshuffle that saw Finance and Economic Minister Dr. Thapelo Matsheka being moved to…

19 April 2021

Video address by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight into space, Moscow, April 12, 2021

Сolleagues, friends, This year, the whole world is celebrating a truly significant event, the 60th anniversary of the first manned flight into space. On April 12, 1961, a citizen of our country, Yuri Gagarin, for the…

18 April 2021

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects a Guard of Honour on November 12, 2015 in London, England. Modi began a three-day visit to the United Kingdom today which will be marked by a speech to Parliament a meeting with the Queen and an address to crowds at Wembley Stadium. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi addresses inaugural session of Raisina Dialogue 2021

Friends, Namaskar! This edition of Raisina dialogue takes place at a watershed moment in human history. A global pandemic has been ravaging the world for over a year. The last such Global pandemic was a…

18 April 2021

WTO Director General Dr. Ngozi-Okonjo Lweala

IMF projects China’s economy will grow by 8.4% in 2021

China’s economy is projected to expand by 8.4 percent in 2021, according to the latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 6th April. The figure is 0.3 percentage points…

13 April 2021

Chinese FM calls for equitable vaccine distribution

When meeting with his counterparts from Southeast Asia on 5th April, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that rich nations with 16% of the world’s population have acquired 60% of the global…

13 April 2021

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Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi (R) meets with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Gaborone, Botswana, Jan. 7, 2021.

Chinese Ambassador-designate to Botswana, H.E. Wang Xuefeng arrived

Chinese Ambassador-designate to Botswana H.E. Wang Xuefeng and his wife Mme. Tong Xin arrived in Gaborone on the morning of 8th April 2021. Ambassador Wang said that he is very happy to be the Ambassador…

13 April 2021

AFRICA YOUTH CONFERENCE 2021

Africa has her own concrete conditions of life and concrete reality of her history which is distinct and extremely complex history and culture. Thus the liberation struggle can only be comprehended as a concrete attempt…

10 April 2021

The Children of Occupied Western Sahara live under constant terror

On the 16 November 2020, three days after the resumption of war between the Polisario Front and the illegal occupying forces of Morocco, 12 year old Hayat (surname withheld due to constant threats against her…

10 April 2021

COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE EXTRAORDINARY DOUBLE TROIKA SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY MAPUTO, REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE

The Extraordinary Double Troika Summit (DTS) of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held in Maputo, Republic of Mozambique, on 8thApril 2021. 2.The Double Troika Summit was…

8 April 2021

SADC dispatches technical team to probe terror acts in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado

Pan Afrikanist Watchman An Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit will be held Mozambique on 29 April 2021 to receive reports regarding the security situation in Cabo Delgado Province of Mozambique, where terrorist attacks have left many…

8 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