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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

Putin receives the President of the Republic of the Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, at the Kremlin in Moscow(

Putin and Sassou Nguesso Reinforce Russia–Congo Ties Ahead of Russia–Africa Summit

Moscow, April 29, 2026 – Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso held high-level talks at the Kremlin, reaffirming a bilateral relationship that dates back more than…

2 May 2026

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