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
A History of Pan Africanism
“Pan Africanism can be said to have its origins in the struggles of the African people against enslavement and colonisation” Dr Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem (Pan Africanism: Politics, Economy and Social Change in the Twenty-first Century) And…
25 February 2021
Botswana investigating mystery deaths of at least 275 elephants
GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana is investigating a growing number of unexplained deaths of elephants, having confirmed 275 had died, up from 154 two weeks ago, the government said on Thursday: The dead elephants were first…
25 February 2021
Biden has much to lose by not reversing US position on Western Sahara
Johannesburg – One of the first things that President Joe Biden should have done upon entering office is to have reversed former president Donald Trump’s proclamation that the US recognises Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.…
19 February 2021
Inside the Creation of the OAU
In May 1963, thirty-two independent African States, who had genuine hopes and visions for the continent of Africa, came together in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to create the Organization of African Unity (OAU). I had the…
19 February 2021
