The Global South and the Summit of the Future
by Ambassador (Retd.) Asoke Mukerji The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is scheduled to convene for a “Summit of the Future” in New York on 22-23 September 2024. The outcome of this meeting of world…
6 August 2024
Imperial Echoes – The Struggle for Western Sahara and the New Colonialism
Few days ago, the President of the republic of France, Mr Emmanuel Macron, stunned the international community, with the letter to His majesty, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, considering the desires of his government, to…
4 August 2024
Spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry of the People's Republic of China Li JiangFopreign
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian’s Regular Press Conference on August 1, 2024
CCTV: It’s reported that Indian Navy and Coast Guard recently rescued an accidentally injured Chinese mariner off Mumbai coast and took him to hospital. What is China’s comment? Lin Jian: Most recently, a Chinese mariner…
2 August 2024
Independent Electoral Commission briefs Diplomatic Corps on its preparedness for the 2024 General Elections
Cynthia Thanda The Independent Electoral Commission d held a briefing on the 1st August 2024, at the National Museum, discussing the preparation for the 2024 General Elections to be held on October 2024 (the exact…
2 August 2024
Turkish Ambassador Mr. Ahmet İdem Akay toasts with Ambassador Maphutshe Boang (File Picture)
Turkish Ambassador hands over special educational equipment to the Selolwe Junior Secondary School
By TPA Watchman Turkish Ambassador Mr. Ahmet İdem Akay on July 30th handed over P285,000-worth of special educational equipment to the Selolwe Junior Secondary School in Francistown for the visually-disabled students. The equipment was donated…
1 August 2024
Ras Adv Sipho Mantula, an intellectual with Unisa, a Pan Afrikan human rights defender, analyst, and election observer
SADC-PF launches regional webinar series
By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – THE SADC Parliamentary Forum has launched a Regional Webinar Series on Democratic Governance in the SADC Region, to enable Parliamentarians and other stakeholders to examine, discuss and exchange experiences…
31 July 2024
Richard Olong, Regional Program Manager for the Horn, East, and Southern Africa at Oxfam Denmark. Photo: Moses Magadza
Call to bring education to the fore post SDGs
The 5th edition of the Southern African Regional Students and Youth Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health (SARSYC V) that recently took place in Gaborone, Botswana, called on SADC Member States to among other things…
30 July 2024
The Chancellor will also accompany renowned local boxer, Moabi Ngaka on this trip
UB Chancellor Tebelelo Mazile Seretse visits Vietnam
TPA Watchman The Chancellor of the University of Botswana (UB) Ms Tebelelo Mazile Seretse is travelling to Vietnam end of this month (July) at the invitation of Serenity Rehabilitation Centre. A Press Release from Thomas…
27 July 2024
Ambassador-Ret-Christopher-Ross
The quest for self-determination for the people of Western Sahara: a rebuttal of Samir Bennis’s Blog contribution
by Christopher Ross* The Atlantic Council’s blog has published an essay by an author from Morocco decrying the parlous nature of Moroccan-Algerian relations and positing that Algeria is responsible for perpetuating the conflict over the…
24 July 2024
Members of the Polisario front take pictures of themselves in the liberated territories of the Western Sahara. Western Sahara, September 30, 2018. Photograph by Morgane Wirtz / Hans Lucas. Des membres du front Polisario se prennent en photo sur les territoires liberes du Sahara occidental. Sahara Occidental, 30 september 2018. Photographie de Morgane Wirtz / Hans Lucas.NO USE FRANCE
Algeria’s Morocco obsession has killed reconciliation prospects
By Samir Bennis For nearly five decades, Algeria has used the dispute over Western Sahara as a front for its antagonization of Morocco. But behind Algeria’s support for the Sahrawi cause lies a much more complex…
24 July 2024
