Africa

Zim to benefit from visa-free travel in Africa

Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent ZIMBABWE stands ready to benefit significantly from a borderless Africa that promotes visa-free travel, free trade and regional economic integration, Ghana’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Bonaventure Adjavor has said. Speaking at the…

21 October 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael E. Langley, U.S. Africa Command commander, provides testimony at a Senate Armed Services Committee posture hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., March 16, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright)

Africa Must Rise: Ending AFRICOM, Imperialism, and the Chains of Neo-Colonial Oppression

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa For seventeen long years, the United States Africa Command AFRICOM has stood as the blunt instrument of Western neocolonialism on African soil. Ostensibly created to “secure peace and stability,” its true…

19 October 2025

Source; IPC 2021_23; FEWS NET

WORLD FOOD DAY- AND THE PRESSING NEED TO DECOLONIZE AFRICAN AGRICULTURE

 By Fortune Madondo Introduction 16 October is celebrated as World Food Day. Organised by the Food And Agriculture Organization (FAO). This year, 16 October 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization…

17 October 2025

Dream Factory Foundation has officially launched its latest initiative, the Emergent Business Coaching Scholarship Program

Dream Factory Foundation Launches the Emergent Business Coaching Scholarship Program in Botswana and Zimbabwe

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dream Factory Foundation has officially launched its latest initiative, the Emergent Business Coaching Scholarship Program, a groundbreaking opportunity designed to empower aspiring and established entrepreneurs in Africa. The program will kick off…

16 October 2025

The Chief Executive Officer of the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC), Mr Farai Machinga. Photo: Contributed.

Calls for regional action to secure adolescents’ SRHR in East and Southern Africa

The 2nd Edition of the Regional Engagement Meeting on Adolescents’ SRHR Access that seeks to accelerate access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services for adolescents across East and Southern Africa began here…

16 October 2025

The Vice-President of the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF), Hon. Sylvia Lucas. Photo: Moses Magadza, SADC PF.

SADC PF Vice-President urges strong prison oversight to protect health, dignity and democracy

By Moses Magadza in Johannesburg The Vice-President of the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF), Hon. Sylvia Lucas, has called for stronger parliamentary oversight of prisons to safeguard human rights, prevent disease outbreaks…

14 October 2025

Judges and other delegates from the SADC region and beyond pose for a souvenir photo during a consultation on the SADC Model Law on Prison Oversight in Sandton, South Africa. Photos: Moses Magadza. SADC PF.

Judges urged to champion prison oversight that protects dignity behind bars

By Moses Magadza in Sandton, South Africa A call has been made for Judges across the SADC region to lead in ensuring that the dignity, health, and rights of people in custody are protected through…

14 October 2025

Mr. Victor Mhango, Vice-Chairperson of the Technical Working Group (TWG) on Prison Oversight

SADC PF launches consultation on  Model Law for Prison Oversight

By Moses Magadza in Johannesburg The Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) on Monday opened a two-day consultation in Johannesburg focusing on Health in Prisons and the Draft SADC Model Law on Prison…

6 October 2025

Lesotho: The Kingdom in the Sky

By Ras Mubarak* The kingdom of Lesotho glows with pride as it celebrates its 59th Independence Day on October 4, 2025. On this historic day in 1966, the Basotho people, under the steadfast leadership of…

4 October 2025

WSRW: EU trade deal with Morocco revives wide outrage over EU disrespect of international law and Sahrawi rights

The European Commission’s latest push to conclude a trade agreement with Morocco that includes Western Sahara has drawn strong condemnation from Sahrawi advocates, legal experts, and civil society across Europe, Western Sahara Resource Watch indicated…

1 October 2025

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

Benjamin Netanyahu

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