Dr. Kabelo Senyatso, Director Det.t Wildlife
Response to report on trophy hunting of African Elephants in Botswana’s CBNRM areas by Dr. Adam Cruise
Dr Kabelo J. Senyatso The Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) notes with concern and disappointment a report by Dr. Adam Cruise titled Investigation into the trophy hunting of elephants in Botswana’s Community-Based Natural…
8 July 2022
Corruption: Africa’s undeclared pandemic
Corruption is devastating economies across the continent. The African Union needs to take swift action. On June 21, Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera fired the country’s chief of police, suspended several senior government officials and also…
3 July 2022
UN Security Council divided in addressing Moroccan massacre of African migrants near Melilla
The United Nations Security Council held a closed-door session last Wednesday to discuss Melilla tragedy, where at least 23 migrants died under Moroccan police brutality while trying to cross into the Spanish enclave last Friday…
2 July 2022
Parliaments remain at the centre stage of reform action – SADC (PF) Head, Ms. Boemo Sekgoma
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Parliament has been described as a “peace-building” institution that is well-placed to resolve conflicts. In a statement released today (June 30th) to mark the International Day of Parliamentarism, the Secretary-General of…
30 June 2022
Melilla migrant deaths: Spain prosecutor opens probe amid protests
Benjamin Bathke Published on : 2022/06/29 (Source: Infomigrants) Spanish prosecutors have launched an investigation into last week’s migrant deaths on the border of Spain’s Melilla enclave in Africa. The Spanish prime minister meanwhile defended the way…
30 June 2022
Morocco: AU and UN call for investigation into Melilla tragedy
The head of the African Union Commission, Chad’s Moussa Faki Mahamat, denounced the “violent and degrading treatment of African migrants” on Friday during an attempt to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla. He has called…
29 June 2022
Chairperson of the SACU Council of Ministers, Peggy Serame flanked by fellow Ministers, Dr. Lemogang Kwape and Moagi Lefoko
SACU region looks to AfCFTA implementation to ward off spill-over effects from the Russia-Ukraine war
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The spill-over effects from the war in Ukraine are not only threatening the global economic growth prospects but food security with the continued surge in food prices and other commodities. Officially…
28 June 2022
Brothers in Arms: Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez with Moroccan King, Mohammed VI Pic (C) africanews.com
The Ill-treatment of migrants by Morocco is a deliberate policy of systematic crimes against humanity
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Around 2000 African migrants, from a number of unidentified African countries, tried last Friday 24th June 2022, to cross the borders between Northern Morocco with the Spanish city of Melilla, which…
27 June 2022
Djamel Ghrib, the Director of Economic Affairs at the African Union Commission speaking in Gaborone
AU experts: China’s Digital Silk Road solution to corruption in Africa
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman African countries have been urged to take full advantage of China’s Digital Silk Road program and employ artificial intelligence in their quest in detecting and subsequently shut corruption down. “Digital Silk…
22 June 2022
United Nations C-24: Botswana supports full decolonization of Western Sahara regretting escalation of military hostilities between Morocco and Saharawi
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman– Botswana Minister Counselor at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Botswana to the United Nations, Dr. Edgar Sisa, reiterated before the United Nations substantive Session of the Special Committee on…
17 June 2022
