Covid-19 exposes Africa’s existing inequalities & weak health systems
The Pan Afrikanist Observer Covid 19 has plunged Africa into serious disarray and has hampered social lives and will lead to escalation of poverty levels resulting from the slow economic growth and development retardation. This…
31 March 2021
WE ARE ALL BEING GASLIGHTED
Donald Molosi “When Steve Harvey, an American performer whose shows have been cancelled in his own country because of charges of plagiarism, child endangerment and sexual misconduct is flown into Botswana to lord over Botswana’s…
30 March 2021
Towards a People’s Constitution for Botswana
By *Moses Magadza WINDHOEK – A constitution developed through wide consultations with the people that it is intended to serve is more likely to be a widely accepted and respected document than one crafted behind…
30 March 2021
Cuba improves health protocols, produces Covid-19 vaccine candidates
Cuba is currently improving its health protocols to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, while producing its most-advanced vaccine candidate, ¨Soberana 02¨, on a large scale, in order to begin phase III of clinical trials in March.…
4 March 2021
Cuban Ambassdor to Botswana H.E Patricia Pego with Journalist Ernest Moloi
“Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba”
July 2020 Contexts Introduction 2 1. Continuity and intensification of the blockade policy. 5 1.1 Blockade laws in force. 5 1.2 Principal blockade measures applied from April 2019 to March 2020. 7 1.3 Implementation of…
2 March 2021
The seven African governments using Israeli cyberespionage tools
A recent report detected several government agencies using Circles’ platforms to snoop on texts, calls and locate private individuals. As internet penetration and smartphone usage increases across Africa, digital spaces have become increasingly important in…
27 February 2021
Time for AU to call out its members on Palestine
The African Union is one of Palestine’s most loyal allies, but, individually, some African countries are happy to look the other way when voting at the UN when it comes to Israel’s occupation of Palestine.…
27 February 2021
Botswana Country Report 2020
Executive Summary Botswana is expected to hold its 12th general elections in October 2019. To date, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has won each of these elections. In 2014, the BDP won, but secured the…
25 February 2021
Black Lives Matter: four lessons in white allyship from the South African anti-apartheid movement
As Black Lives Matter protests, triggered by the killing of George Floyd, spread across the world in response to systemic racism and police brutality, questions are being asked about how white people can lend their…
25 February 2021
Kwame Nkrumah: why, every now and then, his legacy is questioned
Kwame Nkrumah led Ghana to independence in 1957 – the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve this feat. He’s still remembered for his unrepentant anti-colonial stance and strident Pan-Africanism. Above all, he is regarded as one of…
25 February 2021
