Stunning evening wear by Phatsimo
Start the year with Phatsimo’s captivating fashion designs
By Cynthia Thanda Want to improve your fashion taste and wondering how? Worry not and join the PanAfrikanist family as we share tips from Phatsimo Ranjo, a Mmadinare-born fashion designer. Despite being born in Mmadinare,…
7 January 2022
Morocco's foreign minister Nasser Bourita (C) moroccolatestnews.com
Morocco’s Diplomatic Morass
Despite Washington’s about-face on Western Sahara, the erstwhile darling of U.S. policy circles is more isolated than ever. By Samia Errazzouki, a doctoral candidate in history at the University of California, Davis January 4, 2022,…
5 January 2022
Sudan PM Abdalla Hamdok
Sudan coup: Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigns 6 weeks after reinstatement
Richard Kwame Krah Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned just six weeks after his reinstatement by the military regime. He tendered in his resignation in a televised address to the citizens on Sunday, January…
3 January 2022
Desmond Tutu, Whose Voice Helped Slay Apartheid, Dies at 90
The archbishop, a powerful force for nonviolence in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. By Marilyn Berger Dec. 26, 2021Updated 9:03 a.m. ET Desmond M. Tutu, the cleric who…
27 December 2021
Balopi says he will now focus all his energies on the party and his constituency
BDP Secretary-General Mpho Balopi resigns from Cabinet
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The Minister of Employment, Labour Productivity and Skills Development Mpho Balopi handed President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi a surprise gift on the Eve of Christmas when he resigned from Cabinet. Indeed, the…
25 December 2021
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - DECEMBER 18: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C), President of Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi (L) and African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat (R) pose for a photo ahead of a joint press conference within the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit in Istanbul, Turkey on December 18, 2021. ( Murat Kula - Anadolu Agency )
Turkey and AfCFTA Secretariat signed MoU during 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit was held on December 16-18, 2021 in Istanbul with the theme ‘Enhanced Partnership for Common Development and Prosperity’. The summit was the most comprehensive Africa-themed international…
24 December 2021
The former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ian Kirby was elevated to the position by then President Ian Khama
Judge Ian Kirby’s contribution to Botswana’s law is undeniable – Prof. Justice Dingake
By Justice Professor Key Dingake Justice Kirby hanged his judicial robes at the end of November 2021 after many years of distinguished service. Born in 1945, the content of his jurisprudence was in many respects…
22 December 2021
The world is her oyster - Queen Palesa
90 more days before Queen Palesa struts Miss World ramp
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The abrupt postponement came as a shock! It was late Thursday when news of the postponement of the Miss World Grand Finale, was announced hardly hours before the much-anticipated spectacle could…
16 December 2021
Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, Hon,. Adv. Jacob Mudeda
SADC Parliament will not undermine the supreme authority of the SADC Summit
By Hon. Advocate Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda (Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe) “The Windhoek Initiative and the birth of the SADC Parliamentary Forum: Celebrating the emergence of the voice of Parliaments in SADC Regional…
13 December 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping
China will provide another one billion doses of vaccines to Africa – Xi Jinping
by H.E. Xi Jinping At the Opening Ceremony of the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Dakar, Senegal, on the 29th of November 2021, Chinese President, H.E. Xi Jinping announced…
29 November 2021