Ras Adv Sipho Mantula, an intellectual with Unisa, a Pan Afrikan human rights defender, analyst, and election observer
SADC-PF launches regional webinar series
By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – THE SADC Parliamentary Forum has launched a Regional Webinar Series on Democratic Governance in the SADC Region, to enable Parliamentarians and other stakeholders to examine, discuss and exchange experiences…
31 July 2024
Richard Olong, Regional Program Manager for the Horn, East, and Southern Africa at Oxfam Denmark. Photo: Moses Magadza
Call to bring education to the fore post SDGs
The 5th edition of the Southern African Regional Students and Youth Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health (SARSYC V) that recently took place in Gaborone, Botswana, called on SADC Member States to among other things…
30 July 2024
The Chancellor will also accompany renowned local boxer, Moabi Ngaka on this trip
UB Chancellor Tebelelo Mazile Seretse visits Vietnam
TPA Watchman The Chancellor of the University of Botswana (UB) Ms Tebelelo Mazile Seretse is travelling to Vietnam end of this month (July) at the invitation of Serenity Rehabilitation Centre. A Press Release from Thomas…
27 July 2024
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The quest for self-determination for the people of Western Sahara: a rebuttal of Samir Bennis’s Blog contribution
by Christopher Ross* The Atlantic Council’s blog has published an essay by an author from Morocco decrying the parlous nature of Moroccan-Algerian relations and positing that Algeria is responsible for perpetuating the conflict over the…
24 July 2024
Members of the Polisario front take pictures of themselves in the liberated territories of the Western Sahara. Western Sahara, September 30, 2018. Photograph by Morgane Wirtz / Hans Lucas. Des membres du front Polisario se prennent en photo sur les territoires liberes du Sahara occidental. Sahara Occidental, 30 september 2018. Photographie de Morgane Wirtz / Hans Lucas.NO USE FRANCE
Algeria’s Morocco obsession has killed reconciliation prospects
By Samir Bennis For nearly five decades, Algeria has used the dispute over Western Sahara as a front for its antagonization of Morocco. But behind Algeria’s support for the Sahrawi cause lies a much more complex…
24 July 2024
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“The humanity should get rid of the colonial system heritage. Colonial powers’ time is up”
by Dmitry Medvedev* Neocolonialism: Old threats in a new era In February 2024, a forum was held in Moscow for supporters of the fight against modern neocolonialism practices. This forum, called For Freedom of Nations,…
24 July 2024
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Dmytro Kuleba: a just peace in Ukraine is in China’s strategic interests
24 July 2024 On July 24, in Guangzhou, China, Minister of Foreign Affairs of UkraineDmytro Kuleba held talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi. The meeting between the…
24 July 2024
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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the UN Security Council on multilateral cooperation in the interest of a more just, democratic and sustainable world order
I would like to extend a warm welcome to distinguished dignitaries present in the Security Council Chamber. Their participation in today’s meeting confirms the importance of the subject under review. In accordance with Rule 37…
23 July 2024
President Vladimir Putin addresses senior staff of the Russian Foreign Ministry
TPA Watchman I am pleased to welcome all of you and express my gratitude for your active work in the interests of Russia and our people. We last met in this extended format in November 2021, and since then, there have been many pivotal and even fateful events, without…
23 July 2024
Palestinian Factions Sign Beijing Declaration on Ending Division and Strengthening Palestinian National Unity
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs On July 23, 2024, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi attended in Beijing the closing ceremony of the reconciliation…
23 July 2024
