Africa

Namibia's Port - Pic by Venture Media Issuu

Africa Free Trade for Africa and Namibia

Vitalio Angula Mee Nangula sits in her two * four cubicle at the open market at Windhoek’s Single Quarter’s which has come to be known in the local vernacular as “Uutara waa Libertine”, named after…

20 October 2024

“Dismantling Apartheid: South Africa to Palestine” UK & Ireland Tour

Address by Nkosi ZMD Mandela, Held at Bristol, UK | Thursday, 17th October 2024 How did the Boycott work in SA, what does it look like for us here in UK? To boycott means to…

17 October 2024

16th BRICS Summit kicks off in Kazan, Russia October 22 – 24, 2024

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend a BRICS summit scheduled to take place in Kazan on October 22-24. The 16th summit of the group, it will be held in Russia,…

17 October 2024

Mr Joseph Manzi, the Director of Programmes at the SADC PF. Photo: SADC PF

SADC PF Public Hearings aim to promote citizen engagement and regional integration

By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – SADC citizens will have an opportunity to engage their representatives within the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) on a range of issues when it hosts its…

17 October 2024

We demand the immediate release of Kémi Séba

Media Statement by Nkosi ZMD Mandela Mvezo Komkhulu (The Great Place), Wednesday 16th October 2024: We demand the immediate release of Kémi Séba and Henry Djehuty. Kémi has been one of the most vocal and…

17 October 2024

Republican Vice President Mutale Nalumango (L) and Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Han Jing (R) make a toast during the 75th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the People’s Republic of China - Picture by Royd Sibajene

Zambia – China Friendship Clocks 60

October 06, 2024  By Linda Mupemo Five days after gaining independence from its colonial masters on 24th October 1964, Zambia with founding President Kenneth Kaunda at the helm of power established diplomatic relations with the…

17 October 2024

The warrior women of the Kingdom of Dahomey

The warrior women of the Amazons of the Americas and African continents, flames of courage and resistance, the struggles for the freedom of humanity

BY AMBASSADOR PHATSE JUSTICE PIITSO 10 OCTOBER 2024 Centuries after the arrival of the first expedition of the European voyage of discovery into the tranquil shores of the Americas, the belligerent scholars have not yet…

15 October 2024

BRICS holds first meeting of diamond industry dialogue platform

A meeting of BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors in Moscow on October 9th hosted an informal dialogue platform on cooperation in the diamond industry, held with assistance from the African Diamond Producers Association…

15 October 2024

The Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia and Head of the Namibian Delegation to the 149th IPU Assembly, Honourable Prof. Peter H. Katjavivi (left) receives a Certificate of Recognition from Hon Roger Mancienne, President of the SADC PF, for his significant contributions to both the SADC-PF and the IPU. Photo: Contributed.

Namibian Speaker notes progress towards SADC Regional Parliament at IPU Meeting

By Moses Magadza The Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia and Head of the Namibian Delegation to the 149th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, Honourable Prof. Peter H. Katjavivi, has expressed satisfaction on progress towards…

15 October 2024

SADC PF SG calls for action and commitment on International Day of the Girl Child

SADC PF SG calls for action and commitment on International Day of the Girl Child

By Own Correspondent in Windhoek, Namibia As the world commemorates the International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October 2024, the Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Ms. Boemo Sekgoma, has called for…

11 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