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MILESTONE: Former Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia, Justice Patrick Matibini (right), reacts as Speaker of the National Assembly, Rt Hon Dr Nelly B.K. Mutti, SC, MP, cuts the ribbon at the launch of the Institute for Parliamentary Studies and Training (iPST). Photo: National Assembly of Zambia.

Zambia launches Institute for Parliamentary Studies and Training as leaders hail transformative milestone

By Moses Magadza Zambia on Monday took a step toward strengthening parliamentary professionalism and democratic governance with the official launch of the Institute for Parliamentary Studies and Training (iPST). National leaders and regional partners were…

17 March 2026

The Speaker of the National Assembly of Botswana, Hon. Dithapelo Lefoko Keorapetse

Parliamentary Clerks strengthen financial oversightskills at SoCATT professional development seminar

By Moses Magadza in Gaborone, Botswana Parliamentary clerks and financial oversight experts from across Africa convened in Botswana for the 9th Professional Development Seminar of the Society of Clerks-at-the-Table (SoCATT) Africa Region, to explore ways…

16 March 2026

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Cuba Condemns Ecuador’s Expulsion of Embassy Staff

Havana, March 4, 2026 — Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sharply criticised Ecuador’s decision to expel all personnel from the Cuban Embassy in Quito, calling the move “arbitrary and unjustified” and warning it will…

5 March 2026

Ms Elisabeth Harleman of the Embassy of Sweden

Call to safeguard SRHR gains as Angola hosts annual review of SRHR, HIV and AIDS Project

By Moses Magadza A two-day Annual Review Meeting of the Sweden-funded Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), HIV and AIDS Governance Project of the SADC Parliamentary Forum ended in Luanda, Angola on Tuesday. The…

3 March 2026

Fifty Years of Silence: Monitoring Human Rights in Western Sahara Is a Moral Imperative

This year marks fifty years since the beginning of Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara in 1975. A prolonged and unresolved situation that is in clear violation of international law. For half a century, the Saharawi…

27 February 2026

The Sahrawi people are resilient and committed to self determination

Malainin Lakhal & Ron Guy February 26, 2026, Green Left Weekly, Issue 1448, World For decades, despite displacement, occupation and repression, the Sahrawi people have neither surrendered nor abandoned their demand for a free and…

27 February 2026

Kazungula Bridge Authority: A Pan-African Gateway to Trade, Unity and Transformation

The Kazungula Bridge Authority launch on Tuesday, 24th February 2026, was more than a bilateral milestone between Botswana and Zambia — it’s a continental statement. By operationalising a 24-hour, non-stop border post, the two nations…

26 February 2026

Cuban Ambassador, H.E Antonio Luis Pubillones Izaguirre has met Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe as well as Acting Land and Agriculture Minister, Dr Dikoloti

Cuban Ambassador Warns of Escalating Hostilities Amid Foiled Attack

Gaborone, Botswana – Cuba’s newly appointed Ambassador to Botswana, Antonio Luis Pubillones Izaguirre, has issued a stark appeal to the international community: “Don’t forget us in our hour of need.” His remarks, in an exclusive…

26 February 2026

Re-imagining Namibia through the lens of Local Direct Investment

By: Vitalio Angula If one thing stood out at the various memorial services held in honour of the late Founding President of Namibia, Sam Nujoma, during February and March 2025, it was the members of…

26 February 2026

Mr. Lesego Caster Moseki, Governor of Bank of Botswana

Botswana’s 2026 Monetary Policy Statement: A New Dawn

Cynthia Thanda On the 25th of February 2026, at the Linah K Mohohlo Auditorium, Bank of Botswana in Gaborone, the Bank of Botswana launched its 2026 Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) at what officials describe as…

25 February 2026

President Brahim Ghali calls for accelerating the decolonisation process in Western Sahara, Africa’s last colony

Bir Lehlou (Sahrawi Republic), September 7, 2026 (SPS) – President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr Brahim Ghali, sent a letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, informing him of the latest…

3 October 2026

Nigeria's Bola Tinubu met South Africa's Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa in New York

AFRICA’S $3.4 TRILLION DREAM IS BLEEDING

By Fortune Madondo The diplomatic tension between Nigeria and South Africa is killing Pan-African solidarity. As the continent’s two economic powerhouses, their friction stalls consensus, disrupts trade, and bleeds the $3.4 trillion dream. It exposes…

1 October 2026

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FROM UNGA WALKOUT TO PITCH CONTROVERSY

By Fortune Madondo In 72 hours, the same state was confronted in two theatres. On September 24, 2026, at the 81st UN General Assembly, an estimated 75 to 77 delegates walked out as Prime Minister…

1 October 2026

Orange Botswana CEO Nene Maiga and TEMCO Chairman Sailas Temwa sealed the deal

Orange Botswana, TEMCO Sign Deal to Drive Digital Healthcare Project

GABORONE – Orange Botswana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Extraordinary Medical Company (TEMCO), positioning the telecommunications firm as the preferred connectivity provider for a major healthcare development planned for the Gaborone…

30 September 2026

Vivo Energy Opens 85th Shell Service Station in Mmopane

GABORONE, September 25, 2026 – Vivo Energy Botswana has expanded its national retail network with the opening of the Shell Mmopane service station, bringing the total number of Shell-branded stations in the country to 85.…

30 September 2026

Xi Jinping at 18th BRICS summit in New Dehli, India

Cementing the foundation for BRICS cooperation and bolstering the strength of the Global South

Statement by H.E. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, at Session II of the 18th BRICS Summit, New Delhi, September 13, 2026. Your Excellency Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Colleagues, I thank Prime…

28 September 2026