Africa

Mubarak reroutes road trip

Marburg outbreak alters Mubarak’s tour route

by Adekunle Owolabi Kampala, Uganda – The Trans Africa Tourism and Unity Campaign led by former Ghanaian legislator Ras Mubarak has redirected its 163 day visa free Africa road journey after Ethiopia recorded its first outbreak of…

24 November 2025

Mrs Clare Musonda, a Program Manager at the SADC Parliamentary Forum. Photos: Moses Magadza, SADC PF.

SADC PF calls for renewed regional action to end child marriage

By Moses Magadza The SADC Parliamentary Forum has urged governments, traditional leaders and development partners across the region to intensify efforts to end child marriage, saying that the practice is a violation of human rights…

21 November 2025

Dr Christopher Kalila

SADC PF public lecture inspires calls for action against child marriage

By Moses Magadza in Zambia LUSAKA – Participants at the inaugural public lecture honouring the late Chief Theresa Kachindamoto of Malawi have called for stronger collaboration, greater community engagement, and intensified sensitisation efforts to end…

20 November 2025

Freelance photojournalist Thomo Nkgadima

Court Overturns Protection Order Against Journalist as CFE Warns of Legal Harassment Trend

Praktiseer, South Africa — 19 November 2025 A magistrates’ court in Praktiseer has set aside a protection order against freelance journalist Thomo Nkgadima, in a ruling hailed by the Campaign for Free Expression (CFE) as…

20 November 2025

PANEL: From left, Ms Lynn Chinene, Legal expert, Dr Chipo Mushota Nkhata, Gender and development specialist, Ms Mundia Situmbeko and Civil society representative, Ms Womba Wanki in a panel discussion.

First Chief Kachindamoto lecture ignites regional call to end child marriage

By Moses Magadza LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – A panel discussion following the inaugural public lecture honouring the late Chief Theresa Kachindamoto of Malawi has stirred reflection, debate, and renewed urgency for coordinated regional action to eradicate…

19 November 2025

A Pan-Africanist Reckoning: Deciphering US Imperialism’s Assault on Nigeria

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa The recent pronouncement by the former US President, threatening military intervention in Nigeria under the pretext of a “Christian genocide,” is not a deviation from established imperial doctrine; it is a…

15 November 2025

Ambassador Abdelmalek Tigharghar and Minister Moeti Mohwasa toast to the good health and prosperity of Algeria and Botswana

Algeria Marks 71 Years of Liberation with Call for Justice and Solidarity

Cynthia Thanda On the warm evening of 13 November 2025, diplomats, heads of international organisations, government officials, and distinguished guests gathered at the Official Residence of the Ambassador of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria…

15 November 2025

Zambian lawmakers, representatives of civil society organisations, University of Zambia students and others pose for a souvenir photo during a public lecture in honour of the late Chief Theresa Kachindamoto of Malawi on Monday in Zambia. Photos: National Assembly of Zambia, CARE International Zambia

Call to emulate late Chief Kachindamoto’s leadership to end child marriage

By Moses Magadza in Lusaka, Zambia The first of a series of public lectures in honour of Chief Theresa Kachindamoto of Malawi took place on Monday in Zambia, with Zambian lawmaker Dr Christopher Kalila urging…

14 November 2025

Delegates who attended the September 2025 CLN Annual General Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa

‘Conservation without communities is conservation without sustainability’

By Emmanuel Koro  Johannesburg, 12 November 2025 At the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Community Leaders Network (CLN) of Southern Africa, held on 5 September 2025, the CLN President, Dr Rodgers Lubilo, opened proceedings…

14 November 2025

Mr. Lloyd Pisa, Community Liaison Officer in the Climate, Environment and Health Department with CeSHHAR Zimbabwe. Photo: Moses Magadza, SADC PF

CeSHHAR calls for stronger focus on climate – healthlink in Zimbabwe’s Climate Change Management Bill

By Moses Magadza recently in Kariba, Zimbabwe A Community Liaison Officer in the Climate, Environment and Health Department with CeSHHAR Zimbabwe has urged Zimbabwean lawmakers to ensure that the proposed Climate Change Management Bill explicitly…

10 November 2025

Orange Botswana People and Social Impact Director Modiri Nlanda handing over the digital kit

Orange Botswana donates to local schools in Phikwe and launches the Orange Phikwe National Marathon 2026

*Digital Schools Kit, whiteboards and an all-in-one printer & photocopying machine to Selebi-Phikwe Primary and Senior Secondary School, respectively, all valued at 300K. Orange Botswana has reaffirmed its commitment to community development, sport, and education…

11 March 2026

pastors-praying-for-trump-at-white-house

Praying for Empire: How Political Christianity Is Being Weaponised to Bless War and Imperial Power

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa The spectacle of evangelical pastors gathering in the White House, surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump and laying hands on him in prayer while the United States and Israel escalate military aggression…

9 March 2026

Moscow Warns of Escalating Middle East Crisis as U.S.-Israeli Strikes Ignite Regional War

MOSCOW — The Russian Foreign Ministry has issued a stark warning that the Middle East is sliding toward uncontrollable instability, blaming U.S. and Israeli military actions against Iran for triggering a chain of violence that…

6 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

Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío

Cuba Reports Foiled Terrorist Infiltration Linked to U.S.-Based Groups, Seeks Cooperation from Washington

Havana, February 26, 2026 — Cuban authorities announced the interception of a vessel registered in Florida carrying ten individuals allegedly attempting to infiltrate the island for terrorist purposes. The incident, reported yesterday, has prompted immediate…

27 February 2026