Source: The Somair open-pit mine in Niger. Image courtesy Maurice Ascani / Orano.
WHEN FRENCH NUCLEAR GROUP (ORANO) TOOK NIGER TO COURT
Contractual Legality versus Resource Sovereignty By Fortune Madondo Introduction The land is African and the minerals are African. But is Africa free to decide who to sell or not sell to, who to do business…
9 December 2025
West Africa’s ECOWAS bloc deploys standby force to Benin in response to coup attempt
Soldiers from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana are being sent to Benin after West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS ordered the immediate deployment of elements of its standby force to the country following an…
9 December 2025
The Eternal Flame: Fidel Castro’s Legacy Continues to Inspire Zimbabwe and the World
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa – The Fidel Chair Zimbabwe Chapter Today, we, the Fidel Chair Zimbabwe Chapter, join the chorus of progressive peoples across the world in solemnly and resolutely commemorating the ninth anniversary of…
6 December 2025
South Africa’s Minister of Human Settlements, Honourable Thembi Simelane, MP, at a symposium of the 58th Plenary Assembly of the SADC Parliamentary Forum in Durban, South Africa. Photo: Moses Magadza, SADC PF.
Escalating climate threats: South Africa’s Minister advocates for unified Parliamentary action
By Moses Magadza in Durban, South Africa South Africa’s Minister of Human Settlements, Honourable Thembi Simelane, MP, has challenged lawmakers across the SADC region to confront the climate crisis with urgency, unity and bold legislative…
6 December 2025
The Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, Hon. Thoko Didiza.
SA Speaker Didiza urges unified climate actionat SADC PF 58th Plenary Assembly
By Moses Magadza in Durban, South Africa The Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, Hon. Thoko Didiza, has urged Southern African parliaments to act collaboratively and urgently to confront the mounting climate crisis,…
5 December 2025
The President of the SADC PF, Hon. Randrianasoloniaiko Siteny Thierry, Speaker of the Parliament of Madagascar (top left), presides over the 58th Plenary for the first time with SADC PF SG Her Excellency Boemo Sekgoma next to him. From left are SADC PF Managers Dr Jacob Segale, Ms Clare Musonda and Mr Sheuneni Kurasha. Photo - Parliament of South Africa
Curtain draws on SADC PF’s 58th Plenary
By Moses Magadza in Durban, South Africa The 58th Plenary Assembly of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) ended in eThekwini on Thursday with calls for accelerated parliamentary action on climate change, gender equality, youth…
5 December 2025
Dr Rodgers Lubilo, President of Community Leaders Network
SADC Leader Warns: ‘If CITES Won’t Reform for Communities, We’ll Force It’
By Emmanuel Koro 4 December 2025, Samarkand City, Uzbekistan Southern Africa’s leading community conservation voices have delivered their clearest warning yet to the UN wildlife trade regulator CITES, declaring that they will no longer…
5 December 2025
Dr Phenyo Butale discussing Botswana's human rights-centric approach to conflict resolution
Botswana Urges Stronger AU–UN Partnership to Confront Terrorism
Algiers, Algeria — December 1, 2025 Botswana has called for deeper collaboration between the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism, warning that fragmented approaches risk…
2 December 2025
Dr. Mahmoud Al-Saleh, Chairman of the Arab Committee for Solidarity with the Sahrawi People
SILENCED VOICES: VISITING THE LAND OF WESTERN SAHARA, THE LAST AFRICAN COLONY
Cynthia Thanda The dusty wind that sweeps across the refugee camps of the Sahrawi people near Tindoulf screams louder, carrying the weight of a nation still fighting to breath freely. When International communities are summoned…
2 December 2025
Mr. Mamera Kadzingatsayi speaks
Under the scorching Mbire sun, man speaks for persons with disabilities
By Moses Magadza, recently in Mbire, Zimbabwe The sun is blazing mercilessly over Mbire – one of the hottest corners of Zimbabwe – but Mr Mamera Kadzingatsayi is already at the venue, seated quietly with…
25 November 2025
