MOSIP: THE NEW FUTURE OF NATIONAL DIGITAL IDENTITY INFRASTRUCTURE
Cynthia Thanda The visit to the Modular Open Source Identity Platform on 13th December 2024 proved beyond doubt the immense power of technology to bring people together as journalists from East and Southern Africa drank…
13 December 2024
Alexey Moiseev has been serving as a Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation since 2012. Prior to this Mr Moiseev worked in various senior positions in the private sector, and served as a senior economist at the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
Russian Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev comments post the 2024 Kimberley Process Plenary Session
The 21st Kimberley Process (KP) Plenary Meeting under the UAE’s Chairmanship took place in Dubai from 12-15 November, 2024. The outcome of the UAE Chairmanship, which was held under the “Year of Delivery” motto, allows us…
11 December 2024
Hwange District resident draws water from a wildlife-revenue-supported borehole as her child looks on
Where Villagers Are Eternally Grateful for International Hunting Benefits
By Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg, 11 December 2024 Without any other sources of water, when you quench your thirst at one of the community boreholes funded by international hunting revenue in Hwange District, you will join…
11 December 2024
High-powered BaKgatla ba Kgafela delegation at President Advocate Duma Boko's inauguration
Will President Boko extend an olive branch to Kgosikgolo Kgafela II?
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Exiled BaKgatla Ba Kgafela Sovereign, Kgosikgolo Kgafela II will address BaKgatla and Batswana at large virtually Thursday morning (12th December 2024) at 9 am from Leobo la Kgotla in Mochudi. Not…
11 December 2024
Premier of the State Council Li Qiang held the “1+10” Dialogue with leaders of major international economic organizations
Li Qiang Holds “1+10” Dialogue with Heads of Major International Economic Organizations
On December 9, Premier of the State Council Li Qiang held the “1+10” Dialogue with President of the New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff, President of the World Bank Group Ajay Banga, Managing Director of the…
9 December 2024
There's renewed hope that Government will eventually recognise the San ethnic group as 'Indigenous' to Botswana
Ditshwanelo wants socioeconomic and cultural rights enshrined in Botswana’s Constitution
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman DITSHWANELO – The Botswana Centre for Human Rights – has called on the government of Botswana to ensure that everyone has dignity, freedom and access to justice through constitutionally protected provisions.…
9 December 2024
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview to Tucker Carlson, Moscow, December 6, 2024
Question: Minister Lavrov, thank you for doing this. Do you believe the United States and Russia are at war with each other right now? Sergey Lavrov: I wouldn’t say so. And in any case, this is not…
7 December 2024
Chinese Ambassador Fang Yong
CELEBRATION OF THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF CHINA- BOTSWANA DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND 15th ANNIVERSARY OF BOCFA
Cynthia Thanda The evening of 1st December 2024 had SSKB Auditorium in Gaborone buzzing with excitement, joy filled smiles and vibrance as the Chinese Embassy was celebrating the 50th Anniversary of China-Botswana Diplomatic Relations as…
5 December 2024
The Kimberley Process (KP) chairperson is also the executive chairperson for the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC)_
Ahmed Bin Sulayem: Europe’s bid to inspect, approve diamonds from foreign jurisdictions an abusive overreach
The Group of Seven (G7), an intergovernmental organisation, which consists of the world’s largest developed economies (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States), worked together with the leaders of the…
5 December 2024
President Boko meeting Martin Rapaport
Botswana to Establish Export Certification Node for Rough Diamonds in Collaboration with G7
diamond world news service 28 Nov 2024, 9:48 am This initiative aims to enhance traceability and transparency in the diamond supply chain, ensuring alignment with G7 import requirements, which ban Russian-origin diamonds. The G7 implemented…
3 December 2024
