DJIBOUTI: “The military base capital of Africa”
By Fortune Madondo Djibouti is a tiny African nation, host to global military giants. This tiny, coastal nation of Djibouti, in East Africa, specifically, Horn of Africa (HoA) has emerged as a geopolitically strategic area…
14 July 2026
Botswana Vice President and Minister of Finance Hon Ndaba Nkosinathi Gaolathe
Botswana Parliament charts course for stronger law-making through landmark capacity-building seminar
From Moses Magadza in Gaborone, Botswana The Parliament of Botswana has embarked on a drive to strengthen legislative excellence, democratic accountability and evidence-based lawmaking, with parliamentary leaders and regional partners declaring that continuous learning has…
7 July 2026
Ghanaian Kwesi Pratt Jnr. calls for renewed Pan-African unity and solidarity with peoples resisting imperialism
Accra (Ghana)- Ghanaian journalist, political activist and Pan-Africanist Kwesi Pratt Jnr., Editor of “Ghana Insight” newspaper, owner of “Pan African TV”, and General Secretary of the Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG), delivered a wide-ranging lecture…
5 July 2026
Understanding the new European Union (EU) migration & asylum pact
“As the EU seeks to externalise its borders & migration problems” By Fortune Madondo “Migration is a European challenge which must be met with a European solution. One that is effective, fair and firm. This…
25 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
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
THE INTRIGUING CASE OF LAIPIKIA EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE (EVD) ISOLATION & TREATMENT AMERICAN-ONLY FACILITY
“Kenyan interest or foreign agenda?” As the Ebola outbreak in DRC exposes not only Africa’s health vulnerability, but constitutional vulnerability & sovereignty vulnerability. By Fortune Madondo Introduction The joint plan by Kenya and the United…
8 June 2026
Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed display their copies of signed agreements while U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as they participate in the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and some of its Middle East neighbors, in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
China analyses Trump’s Push for Gulf and Middle East Expansion of the Abraham Accords
*Chinese intelligence and military circles analyse the Abraham Accords between the Gulf states, the Middle East, and Israel as not merely peace treaties but rather the infrastructure for a technological and military alliance. By Dr…
8 June 2026
