Mrs Clare Musonda, a Program Manager at the SADC Parliamentary Forum. Photos: Moses Magadza, SADC PF.
SADC PF calls for renewed regional action to end child marriage
By Moses Magadza The SADC Parliamentary Forum has urged governments, traditional leaders and development partners across the region to intensify efforts to end child marriage, saying that the practice is a violation of human rights…
21 November 2025
Dr Christopher Kalila
SADC PF public lecture inspires calls for action against child marriage
By Moses Magadza in Zambia LUSAKA – Participants at the inaugural public lecture honouring the late Chief Theresa Kachindamoto of Malawi have called for stronger collaboration, greater community engagement, and intensified sensitisation efforts to end…
20 November 2025
FNB Botswana Brings Health and Care to Letlhakane Community
FNB Botswana Champions Community Wellness in Letlhakane
Letlhakane, Botswana — 18 November 2025 Hundreds of residents gathered for the FNB Letlhakane–Zowa Wellness Day, a vibrant community health initiative hosted by First National Bank Botswana (FNB Botswana) to provide free medical services, health…
20 November 2025
Freelance photojournalist Thomo Nkgadima
Court Overturns Protection Order Against Journalist as CFE Warns of Legal Harassment Trend
Praktiseer, South Africa — 19 November 2025 A magistrates’ court in Praktiseer has set aside a protection order against freelance journalist Thomo Nkgadima, in a ruling hailed by the Campaign for Free Expression (CFE) as…
20 November 2025
PANEL: From left, Ms Lynn Chinene, Legal expert, Dr Chipo Mushota Nkhata, Gender and development specialist, Ms Mundia Situmbeko and Civil society representative, Ms Womba Wanki in a panel discussion.
First Chief Kachindamoto lecture ignites regional call to end child marriage
By Moses Magadza LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – A panel discussion following the inaugural public lecture honouring the late Chief Theresa Kachindamoto of Malawi has stirred reflection, debate, and renewed urgency for coordinated regional action to eradicate…
19 November 2025
A Pan-Africanist Reckoning: Deciphering US Imperialism’s Assault on Nigeria
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa The recent pronouncement by the former US President, threatening military intervention in Nigeria under the pretext of a “Christian genocide,” is not a deviation from established imperial doctrine; it is a…
15 November 2025
Ambassador Abdelmalek Tigharghar and Minister Moeti Mohwasa toast to the good health and prosperity of Algeria and Botswana
Algeria Marks 71 Years of Liberation with Call for Justice and Solidarity
Cynthia Thanda On the warm evening of 13 November 2025, diplomats, heads of international organisations, government officials, and distinguished guests gathered at the Official Residence of the Ambassador of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria…
15 November 2025
Zambian lawmakers, representatives of civil society organisations, University of Zambia students and others pose for a souvenir photo during a public lecture in honour of the late Chief Theresa Kachindamoto of Malawi on Monday in Zambia. Photos: National Assembly of Zambia, CARE International Zambia
Call to emulate late Chief Kachindamoto’s leadership to end child marriage
By Moses Magadza in Lusaka, Zambia The first of a series of public lectures in honour of Chief Theresa Kachindamoto of Malawi took place on Monday in Zambia, with Zambian lawmaker Dr Christopher Kalila urging…
14 November 2025
Delegates who attended the September 2025 CLN Annual General Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa
‘Conservation without communities is conservation without sustainability’
By Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg, 12 November 2025 At the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Community Leaders Network (CLN) of Southern Africa, held on 5 September 2025, the CLN President, Dr Rodgers Lubilo, opened proceedings…
14 November 2025
Sergey Lavrov
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with RIA Novosti on progress in Russia-US talks
Question: President of Russia Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian Federation is prepared to continue adhering to the restrictions established by New START for one additional year, starting February 5, 2026. Has there been any response…
12 November 2025