Africa

Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing regarding the attacks against Belgorod

Mr.President, Colleagues, It was just yesterday that we met in this room at the insistence of representatives of the Kiev regime and their sponsors, who tried to pass off the consequences of the unprofessional work…

23 January 2024

Vassily Nebenzia

Russian Foreign Ministry statement on yet another brutal attack on Russian civilians by the Kiev regime

The Kiev regime has once again revealed its inhuman Nazi essence by committing another cynical and horrific crime – an attack on residential areas in Belgorod using multiple launch rocket systems. The premeditated and meticulously…

23 January 2024

Vassily Nebenzia

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia briefs UNSC about strikes by US-led international coalition against the territory of Yemen

Mr. President, We thank Khaled Khiari for the briefing. However, in the context of an obvious armed aggression against a sovereign country, we would have liked to see the UN Secretary-General as a briefer today.…

23 January 2024

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Foreign Ministry statement on the Kiev regime’s latest terrorist attack on the Russian city of Donetsk

Armed formations of Ukrainian neo-Nazis, with support of the countries of the collective West, continue to carry out terrorist attacks against Russian civilians. It is clear that they have nothing human in them. Neither the…

23 January 2024

Rising on the world stage: India’s ‘Vishwa Mitra’ initiative evokes collective global interest

In an impressive demonstration of India’s rising stature on the global stage, the address delivered by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the United Nations, focusing on India’s ‘Vishwa Mitra’ initiative, has emerged as among…

23 January 2024

India’s diaspora powerhouse: Leading the 2023 global remittance list with a record $125 Billion

India has achieved a remarkable milestone in 2023 by leading the global remittance charts with a staggering $125 billion, as reported by the World Bank. India’s position at the top of the global remittance charts…

23 January 2024

Indian High Commissioner Bharath Kumar Kuthati

India-Botswana Relations Grow Stronger as world’s most populous nation marks 75th Republic Day

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman India established diplomatic relations with Botswana immediately after its independence in 1966 and opened resident diplomatic mission in Gaborone in 1987.  Botswana established its Mission in New Delhi in 2006. Bilateral…

23 January 2024

Indian economy’s stellar performance; joins the ranks of stock market superpowers

Shishu Ranjan and Ajit Jha If the year 2022 witnessed the Indian economy replacing the UK as the world’s fifth largest economy, the year 2023 saw India achieving a major milestone when its stock market…

23 January 2024

Chinese Foreign Minister’s visit to Egypt, Tunisia, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, Brazil, Jamaica

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will visit Egypt, Tunisia, Togo and Cote d’Ivoire upon invitation from Jan. 13 to 18.…

16 January 2024

Algeria Takes a Seat on the UN Security Council

Also published in Lawfare ABOUT THE AUTHORS Sabina Henneberg Sabina Henneberg is a 2022-23 Soref Fellow at The Washington Institute. Twenty years after its last term, Algiers returns to make its mark, potentially affecting U.S. efforts…

14 January 2024

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BPOMAS Marks 35 Years of Service, Trust and Healthcare Excellence in Botswana

ADVERTORIAL Botswana Public Officers Medical Aid Scheme (BPOMAS) is proudly celebrating 35 years of dedicated service to the people of Botswana, marking more than three decades of consistent delivery of quality healthcare financing, customer-focused service…

25 June 2026

Understanding the new European Union (EU) migration & asylum pact

“As the EU seeks to externalise its borders & migration problems” By Fortune Madondo “Migration is a European challenge which must be met with a European solution. One that is effective, fair and firm. This…

25 June 2026

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Environmental management inspectors seize illegally kept crocodiles in Gauteng, South Africa

By Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg, 24 May 2026 Springs – Two illegally kept crocodiles were seized in Springs, Gauteng, South Africa during a multi-agency operation led by the Gauteng Department of Environment, highlighting the province’s continued…

25 June 2026

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

“Ukraine, Europe and Global Security”

by Sergey Lavrov At a meeting in London on 7 June 2026, the leaders of Britain, France, and Germany, as well as Vladimir Zelensky, laid out five preconditions for Russia to secure a “just and…

23 June 2026

Chairperson of the SADC PF Standing Committee on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (TIFI), Hon. Dumelang Saleshando from Botswana

SADC PF–UNCTAD training programme concludes first phase, equipping Parliamentarians to drive AfCFTA implementation

By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The first phase of a pioneering capacity-building partnership between the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has ended. The phase…

23 June 2026

ORANIA: A nation within a nation

By Fortune Madondo Whilst black-on-black violence is on the rise in South Africa (SA) due to xenophobic and afrophobic tendencies, there exists an unusual place in SA today. A place where history, Identity, and politics…

22 June 2026