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AFRICA MAP SIZE MYTH
By Fortune Madondo A Geographical Lie The current standard world map is wildly misleading, a tool of miseducation, and perpetuates a geographical lie. And mostly Mother Africa (the Continent of Africa) is the victim, presented…
10 September 2025
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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Tianjin: China, Russia, and India Redraw the Map of a Post-Imperialist World
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa Western headlines have tried to reduce the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin to a spectacle of handshakes, smiles, and photographs. To them, the meeting of China’s President Xi Jinping,…
9 September 2025
TICAD9 and the Mirage of Japanese Partnership: Why Africa’s Future Lies with China, Not Neo-Imperialism
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), once promoted as a vehicle for deepening Africa–Japan relations, has increasingly revealed itself as a hollow theatre of neo-imperial gestures. The Ninth Tokyo…
9 September 2025
BCP Kgalagadi South Parliamentary candidate in the upcoming by-election, Tshepang David Brooks
BCP Endorses Tshepang Brooks for Kgalagadi South By-Election
Gaborone, Botswana — 8 September 2025 The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has officially named Tshepang David Brooks as its candidate for the upcoming Kgalagadi South parliamentary by-election, following a unanimous endorsement by the party’s Central…
8 September 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping and foreign leaders walk to Tian'anmen Rostrum ahead of a grand gathering to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)
Xi Jinping — proponent of a more just world order
BEIJING, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) — At Beijing’s Tian’anmen Square, Chinese President Xi Jinping, together with world leaders, attended on Wednesday morning a grand military parade honoring both China’s victory and the collective triumph of nations…
8 September 2025
A view of Shannan, southwest China's Xizang autonomous region. (Photo by Tsering Lumpur)
Exploring cultural integration at the source of Tibetan civilization in Shannan
By Zhao Juecheng, Fan Lingzhi, Global Times; Zhang Bolan, Xian Gan, People’s Daily A 17-hour flight from Athens, Greece, to Lhasa in China’s Xizang autonomous region- including a layover in Beijing – bridges five time…
5 September 2025
Zim-China Friendship Shines Bright: A Revolutionary Bond Rekindled at WWII 80th Anniversary Celebrations
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa History is not just a record of the past; it is a weapon for the present and the future. On the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War…
3 September 2025
New Swedish deputy envoy: “Parliaments are the beating hearts of democracy”
New Swedish deputy envoy: “Parliaments are the beating hearts of democracy”
By Moses Magadza Windhoek – The newly appointed Minister Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Sweden in Pretoria, Mr. Kristian Olsson Selerud, has hailed parliaments within the SADC region as the…
3 September 2025
A 37-carat pink diamond recovered from Karowe Mine
Karowe Delivers Again: HB Antwerp Receives Exceptional Pink Diamond
Antwerp, Belgium – HB Antwerp has received a rare 37.42-carat pink Type IIa diamond recovered from Lucara Diamond Corp’s Karowe Mine in Botswana, marking another milestone in the strategic partnership between the Belgian manufacturer and…
3 September 2025
Namibia's Vice President Lucia Witbooi
WITBOOI TO CAPITALIZE ON ALGERIA’S EXPERIENCE IN OIL AND GAS
By Vitalio Angula Namibia’s Vice President, Lucia Witbooi, will leverage the country’s status as a frontier oil and gas market to capitalize on Algeria’s experience as an oil-producing nation at the Intra-Africa Trade Fair starting…
2 September 2025
