Africa

France is coming back to recolonize Africa – Sahrawi Republic Representative to the African Union

Saharawi Deputy Permanent Representative to the AU, Ambassador Malainnin Lakhal, described as a recolonization of Africa, the recent visit of President Macron of France to Morocco and speech before the Moroccan Parliament in which the…

2 November 2024

Fadel Barro of Senegal’s Y’en a Marre movement at a press conference in Kinshasa in March 2015. Members of Y’en a Marre, Burkina Faso’s Le Balai Citoyen, and the DRC’s Filimbi and La Lucha are part of a growing trend of young people reinventing Pan-Africanism and embracing democratic solidarity in Africa. (Photo: AFP/Federico Scoppa)

Pan-Africanism Reborn?

Pan-Africanism’s long legacy as a framework for ending colonialism and advancing peace, people-based democracy, and human rights remains as vital as ever for reclaiming citizen agency. The Pan-African movement marks its 105th anniversary in 2024.…

2 November 2024

Dr Faith Rapuleng-Tuelo, UB's Director of Public Affairs

University of Botswana makes ‘significant strides’ in THE World University rankings

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The University of Botswana has recorded “significant strides” in the 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. According to UB’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr Faith Rapuleng-Tuelo, it is an…

1 November 2024

Mr. Adolf Mavheneke, an independent consultant. Photo: Contributed.

SADC PF committee receives calls for more women’s political participation

By Moses Magadza A public hearing convened by the SADC Parliamentary Forum’s Standing Committee on Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Climate Action (FANRCA) on 18 October 2024 received presentations from different organisations within the SADC…

1 November 2024

Cuttimg-the-AnniversaryCake-Ambasadors-Ahmet-idem-Akay-and-Clifford-Maribe.jpg

Türkiye-Botswana relations growing in leaps and bounds

TPA Watchman   The national day reception to celebrate the 101st anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Türkiye (October 29), was an occasion to ruminate on the state of relations between Türkiye and…

30 October 2024

Group-photo-of-the-delegates_Press-service-of-BRICSFashion-Summit

Botswana Joined 50 countries in Moscow for BRICS International Fashion Federation

At the BRICS+ Fashion Summit in Moscow, leaders from fashion associations across more than 50 countries proudly announced the formation of the BRICS International Fashion Federation. This initiative aims to establish new centers of influence,…

29 October 2024

Togo Has Taken Up The Challenge To Revive Pan-Africanism

By Francis Kokutse After the last Pan-African Congress in South Africa in 2014, nothing much has happened, and it seemed everyone went to sleep, but thanks to the Togolese President, Faure Gnassingbe, there is a…

24 October 2024

China's President Xi Jinping is met by Russia's President Vladimir Putin as he arrives in Kazan for the BRICS Summit

President Xi Jinping Holds Meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin

On the afternoon of October 22 local time, President Xi Jinping held a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kazan Kremlin. President Xi expressed his great delight in coming to the ancient Russian…

24 October 2024

On Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with journalists from BRICS countries

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman President of Russia Vladimir Putin answered questions from the heads of leading BRICS media agencies. The meeting was held ahead of the BRICS summit in Kazan. The meeting was attended by the heads of media agencies from Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia,…

23 October 2024

Putin addresses plenary session of BRICS Business Forum

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The forum is taking place in Moscow ahead of the BRICS Summit, which will be held in Kazan on October 22–24 and will include the new participants in the association for the first time. On January 1, 2024, Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia…

23 October 2024

Japan Film Festival 2026 to open in Gaborone with free public screenings

The Embassy of Japan in Botswana will officially launch the Japan Film Festival 2026 in Gaborone on 9 October, with Ambassador Shindo Yusuke set to officiate at the opening ceremony at New Capitol Cinemas in…

5 October 2026

BCP President Dumelang Saleshando

BOTSWANA AT 60: A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE, A MOMENT TO RESOLVE!

29 September 2026 Dumelang Saleshando* As we mark Botswana’s 60th birthday on 30 September, we take pride in the journey we have travelled together. We were once a poor country whose very survival was doubted…

5 October 2026

Sahrawi activists launch open-ended hunger strike, urge African rights body to intervene

ADDIS ABABA – An urgent appeal has been submitted to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), calling for immediate intervention on behalf of nine Sahrawi political prisoners who have launched an open-ended…

5 October 2026

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