The MoU was signed by SADC Executive Secretary, Mr. Elias Mpedi Magosi and H.E. Mr. Bharath Kumar Kuthati, High Commissioner of India to Botswana and Special Representative of India to the SADC
Africa can be the bread basket of the world
*Holds 23% of the world’s agricultural land and 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land *India and Africa – Relations in the Past and Present By Ambassador A R Ghanshyam Relations between India and Africa…
10 August 2024
Malian people support Mali’s decision to sever diplomatic ties with Ukraine
Malian people support the country’s decision to sever diplomatic relations with Ukraine “with immediate effect,” saying that Mali needs countries that could help it, instead of that collaborate with rebel groups. Mali’s transitional government on…
7 August 2024
Zimbabwe's President Dambudzo Emmerson Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe, Mnangagwa not fit to lead SADC
by Vitalio Angula The Republic of Zimbabwe will assume the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chairmanship on 17th August 2024, taking over from Angola. Rising reports of repression, assaults and crackdowns on members of the…
7 August 2024
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba addressing a delegation of African journalists in his office in Kyiv, November 2023
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the decision of the Transitional Government of the Republic of Mali to break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine
05 August 2024 16:42 FOREIGN AFFAIRS The decision of the Transitional Government of the Republic of Mali to break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine is short-sighted and hasty, given the fact that Ukraine, as victim…
7 August 2024
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Mali’s case is “indicative” as it “opens the eyes of Global South countries to the true nature of the Kiev regime,” Russian FM’s spokeswoman says
“Pay attention: Zelensky didn’t even try to justify it with ‘military actions.’ And that’s impossible: where is Ukraine? Where is Mali? This is pure barbaric terrorism, refined bandit evil in the style of criminal showdowns.…
7 August 2024
Delegates pose for a souvenir photograph during the Second Meeting of the Southern Africa Regional Parliamentarians’ Forum on Climate Change in Namibia last week. Photo: Contributed.
MPs urge stronger climate action and accountability
By Moses Magadza Windhoek, Namibia – The Second Meeting of the Southern Africa Regional Parliamentarians’ Forum on Climate Change ended last week in Namibia with calls for stronger climate action and accountability. The meeting brought…
7 August 2024
The President of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Honourable Roger Mancienne. Photo: Moses Magadza
SADC PF President calls for national budgets for climate measures
By Moses Magadza The President of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Honourable Roger Mancienne, has urged Members of Parliament to ensure that national budgets have a component related to climate measures, to repair damage and protect…
7 August 2024
GIFT IFSC: Emerging as a preferred new age global financial centre
By Dr. Dipesh Shah The Government of India implemented a major financial sector reform by establishing the country’s maiden International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in GIFT City, Gujarat. The IFSC has been developed as a…
6 August 2024
The Global South and the Summit of the Future
by Ambassador (Retd.) Asoke Mukerji The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is scheduled to convene for a “Summit of the Future” in New York on 22-23 September 2024. The outcome of this meeting of world…
6 August 2024
Imperial Echoes – The Struggle for Western Sahara and the New Colonialism
Few days ago, the President of the republic of France, Mr Emmanuel Macron, stunned the international community, with the letter to His majesty, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, considering the desires of his government, to…
4 August 2024
