Africa

Dr. Hussein Hassan, the Emergency Coordinator, Head, Humanitarian Response Unit, UNFPA in South Sudan. Photo: Contributed.

UNFPA sounds a warning on growing climate change, GBV, and SRHR crises in South Sudan

By Moses Magadza in Johannesburg, South Africa A senior United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) official has presented findings from a recent Vulnerability Assessment, showing that climate change is exacerbating existing humanitarian, health, and gender challenges…

1 October 2025

Mr Munashe Tofa

SADC PF strengthens Parliamentary evidence-based policy making on climate, health, and SRHR

By Moses Magadza JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – A high-level capacity-building workshop on Strengthening Parliamentary Evidence-Based Policy Making by Integrating the Nexus between Climate Change, Health, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in underway…

30 September 2025

SADC PF strengthens M&E capacity for climate, health, and SRHR policy integration

By Moses Magadza JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – The Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) has convened a two-day Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Capacity Development workshop in Johannesburg, aimed at strengthening evidence-based reporting on…

29 September 2025

Minister for State President Moeti Mohwasa receives a letter addressed to President Duma Boko from Ras Mubarak

Botswana Hosts Trans Africa Tourism Delegation, Urged to Champion Visa-Free Travel Across the Continent

The Pan-Afrikanist Watchman Gaborone, Botswana – The Trans Africa Tourism and Unity Campaign delegation was warmly received at the Office of the President on Monday, 29 September 2025, during a high-level courtesy meeting with Honourable…

29 September 2025

Mubarak on Desert Radio 2

Trans Africa Tourism & Unity Campaign Update: Namibia

By Ras Mubarak We’ve had a blitz of media activity today across various stations here in Namibia — and our message remains simple and urgent: Africa must be borderless by 2030. Africa must unite for…

26 September 2025

AI can help stop illegal wildlife trade on Internet and save endangered species such as rhinos

White Paper Seeks Leadership Backing for Wildlife Conservation Initiative Empowered by Artificial Intelligence

By Emmanuel KoroJohannesburg, 23 September 2025 A white paper from the Los Angeles-based Ivory Education Institute (IEI) released this week unveils an ambitious proposal that could redefine the future of both artificial intelligence and wildlife…

25 September 2025

Vivo Energy Botswana (Shell Licensee) launches “Bozza tsa Tsela” consumer promotion

Vivo Energy Botswana (Shell Licensee) launches “Bozza tsa Tsela” consumer promotion

Press release Shell Botswana service stations have officially launched the much-anticipated 2025 consumer promotion, giving customers a life-changing opportunity to drive away in a Toyota Raider GD6 or one of four brand-new Volkswagen Polos. In…

24 September 2025

“Global Solidarity Talks” Celebrates International Day of South-South Solidarity

In a celebration of the International Day of South-South Solidarity, the “Global Solidarity Talks” program, an initiative of the Global Solidarity Network, hosted a cultural salon titled “Cooperatives in the Global South.” This event was…

23 September 2025

Israel's campaign of terror against Palestinians threatens the Arab States

Palestine, Qatar, and the Global Struggle Against Zionist Aggression

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa The world today is witnessing one of the most decisive moral tests of our era. At its heart lies the Palestinian question, a question that cannot be ignored, evaded, or silenced.…

22 September 2025

African elephant bull

Would Learning How To Use AI To Communicate With Animals Make the U.S. and China Work Together On Other Issues?

By Emmanuel KoroJohannesburg, 18 September 2025 Many people involved in developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) believe that learning how to communicate with animals could enable the U.S. and China to deal more easily with political subjects. The…

19 September 2025

FOOLS GET OLDER, NOT WISER

By Donald Molosi* In Botswana, we are taught to bow before we are taught to stand. Hear me out. The bow is subtle. It is in the softened voice. The lowered gaze. The bending of…

24 April 2026

Leaders of the Alliance of Sahel States -Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

Sahel Rising: The AES Confederation’s Defiant March Toward Sovereignty, Security, and Revolutionary Transformation

By Cde Mafa Kwanisai Mafa Amid intensifying efforts to undermine the Sahelian revolution through destabilisation, propaganda, and psychological warfare, the Confederation of Sahel States Alliance of Sahel States is not retreating. It is consolidating. Far…

22 April 2026

BPP President Motlatsi Molapise and Secretary General, Mantlha Sankoloba

BPP gears for leadership forum in Francistown, reaffirms role in UDC leadership

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Francistown, Botswana — The Botswana People’s Party (BPP) will convene a Leadership Forum on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at Bluetown Hall in Francistown as part of efforts to revive its organizational…

21 April 2026

Seretse and Ruth

Sir Seretse Khama: The Architect of a Nation’s Destiny

By Singh Gurjeet The year was 1921. In the heart of Serowe, the earth lay cracked and thirsty, its dust rising like whispers of forgotten prayers. The air was heavy, drifting across the village as…

21 April 2026

Fatherland or Death! Cuba will achieve victory in defense of sovereignty and socialism

Girón, today and forever! As long as there is a woman and a man willing to give their life for the Revolution, we’ll be victorious! Cuba lives under the constant siege of the United States…

18 April 2026

Rosie Motene lands in Mahalapye, where history breathes, and dreams begin

By Rosie Motene Mahalapye is a village that speaks softly, but if you are listening, it teaches you everything. This past Easter weekend, I visited for the first time. I arrived with Clive G, a…

17 April 2026