Africa

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

Riek Machar has been under house arrest since March

South Sudan vice-president charged with murder and treason

Joseph Winter and Nichola Mandil in Juba South Sudan’s First Vice-President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason, and crimes against humanity in a move that some fear could reignite the country’s civil war. Justice…

19 September 2025

Forged in Struggle, Bound for the Future: Zimbabwe and China’s Ironclad Friendship Against Imperialism

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa Seventy-six years ago, the People’s Republic of China rose from the ruins of foreign aggression and humiliation to become a beacon of hope for the world’s oppressed peoples. Forty-five years ago,…

16 September 2025

Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro

Venezuela, Imperialism, and the Global Struggle for Sovereignty

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa September 8, 2025, marks not only a commemorative moment for progressive forces across the Global South but also a profound reflection on the unfinished struggle against imperialism. Latin America, the Caribbean,…

14 September 2025

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

“Ukraine, Europe and Global Security”

by Sergey Lavrov At a meeting in London on 7 June 2026, the leaders of Britain, France, and Germany, as well as Vladimir Zelensky, laid out five preconditions for Russia to secure a “just and…

23 June 2026

Chairperson of the SADC PF Standing Committee on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (TIFI), Hon. Dumelang Saleshando from Botswana

SADC PF–UNCTAD training programme concludes first phase, equipping Parliamentarians to drive AfCFTA implementation

By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The first phase of a pioneering capacity-building partnership between the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has ended. The phase…

23 June 2026

ORANIA: A nation within a nation

By Fortune Madondo Whilst black-on-black violence is on the rise in South Africa (SA) due to xenophobic and afrophobic tendencies, there exists an unusual place in SA today. A place where history, Identity, and politics…

22 June 2026

United States Ambassador to Botswana, H.E. Ambassador H.A. Van Vranken

Botswana Universities Launch Collaborative Ideas Lab to Drive Innovation

Gaborone, June 16, 2026 – Botswana’s higher education sector will today mark a major milestone with the launch of the Ideas Test Lab, a collaborative incubation programme designed to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and problem-solving among…

16 June 2026

Members of “March and March” and “Operation Dudula” chant anti-migrant slogans during a protest march in Durban, South Africa, in May 2026. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images)

South Africa’s inequality fuels xenophobia amid global capital pressures

By Fortune Madondo South Africa’s role as the continent’s financial anchor has come under sharp scrutiny, with analysts warning that entrenched global capital interests and unresolved apartheid legacies are driving deep socio-economic divides and fueling…

16 June 2026

SADC Executive Secretary H.E. Elias Magosi

SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi joins African Union preparatory talks ahead of mid-year Coordination Meeting

Gaborone, June 9, 2026 – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary, H.E. Elias M. Magosi, has joined continental leaders in preparatory talks for the 8th African Union (AU) Mid-Year Coordination Meeting, set to…

15 June 2026