ECOVISA: A Single Visa to Boost Seamless Travel, Regional Integration, and Tourism Growth Across West Africa
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is taking bold steps toward easing travel within the region by fast-tracking the implementation of ECOVISA. This single visa system will allow foreign nationals to travel freely across…
28 March 2026
Land grabs rattle farmer invaders on a white commercial farm. Credit: Guardian
No Compensation for Colonial Theft: Zimbabwe’s Irreversible Land Revolution and the Unfinished Struggle for African Reparations
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa The question posed whether Donald Trump will help or hinder Zimbabwe’s white farmers in their compensation battle is itself a reflection of a deeply distorted global narrative, one that continues to…
26 March 2026
Trump, the Peace Maker
Iran, Palestine, and the Unfinished Struggle Against Imperialism
By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa The world today stands on the edge of a dangerous escalation as the United States and Israel intensify their military aggression against Iran. What is presented in Western media as “security…
26 March 2026
Hon Mope Khati from Lesotho chairs the HSDSP Committee. Photo: SADC PF
Education and employment protocols in focus as SADC PF Committee meets in Gaborone
By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) will convene a statutory meeting of its Standing Committee on Human and Social Development and Special Programmes (HSDSP) in Gaborone, Botswana, from 27…
23 March 2026
SADC PF Secretary General Ms Boemo Sekgoma. Photo: Parliament of Botswana.
SADC PF, AFRODAD convene Parliamentarians for capacity building on debt management and fiscal oversight
By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – Parliamentarians from across Southern Africa are set to convene for a high-level virtual capacity development session on 24 March 2026 aimed at strengthening parliamentary oversight of public debt management…
23 March 2026
MILESTONE: Former Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia, Justice Patrick Matibini (right), reacts as Speaker of the National Assembly, Rt Hon Dr Nelly B.K. Mutti, SC, MP, cuts the ribbon at the launch of the Institute for Parliamentary Studies and Training (iPST). Photo: National Assembly of Zambia.
Zambia launches Institute for Parliamentary Studies and Training as leaders hail transformative milestone
By Moses Magadza Zambia on Monday took a step toward strengthening parliamentary professionalism and democratic governance with the official launch of the Institute for Parliamentary Studies and Training (iPST). National leaders and regional partners were…
17 March 2026
The Speaker of the National Assembly of Botswana, Hon. Dithapelo Lefoko Keorapetse
Parliamentary Clerks strengthen financial oversightskills at SoCATT professional development seminar
By Moses Magadza in Gaborone, Botswana Parliamentary clerks and financial oversight experts from across Africa convened in Botswana for the 9th Professional Development Seminar of the Society of Clerks-at-the-Table (SoCATT) Africa Region, to explore ways…
16 March 2026
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Cuba Condemns Ecuador’s Expulsion of Embassy Staff
Havana, March 4, 2026 — Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sharply criticised Ecuador’s decision to expel all personnel from the Cuban Embassy in Quito, calling the move “arbitrary and unjustified” and warning it will…
5 March 2026
Ms Elisabeth Harleman of the Embassy of Sweden
Call to safeguard SRHR gains as Angola hosts annual review of SRHR, HIV and AIDS Project
By Moses Magadza A two-day Annual Review Meeting of the Sweden-funded Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), HIV and AIDS Governance Project of the SADC Parliamentary Forum ended in Luanda, Angola on Tuesday. The…
3 March 2026
Fifty Years of Silence: Monitoring Human Rights in Western Sahara Is a Moral Imperative
This year marks fifty years since the beginning of Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara in 1975. A prolonged and unresolved situation that is in clear violation of international law. For half a century, the Saharawi…
27 February 2026
