Fidel Castro with Ghana's founding president, Kwame Nkrumah
Fidel Castro: A Lesson To African Leaders
The late Fidel Castro lent support to several African and Caribbean countries, providing medical, educational, and in some cases military, aid. Now, posits Addai Sebo, the African Union (AU), and indeed the African diaspora, must…
14 August 2024
The Olympics Glory has landed in Botswana!
Tuesday 13th August 2024 by TPA Watchman It was a scene from a fairy tale! Multitudes of Batswana flocked SSKIA, the country’s premiere airport in Gaborone on Tuesday 13th August 2024, some forming a beeline…
13 August 2024
The National Endowment for Democracy: What It Is and What It Does
Updated: August 09, 2024 10:00 August 2024 Introduction The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) acts as the US government’s “white gloves.” It has long engaged in subverting state power in other countries, meddling in other countries’ internal affairs, inciting division and…
13 August 2024
Ambassador Fan Yong presents Letters of Credence to Foreign Minister Dr Lemogang Kwape
Chinese New Ambassador Mr. Fan Yong arrives in Botswana to assume office ahead of next month’s FOCAC Summit
On August 6, 2024, His Excellency Fan Yong, the newly-appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Botswana, arrived in Gaborone to assume office. He was warmly received…
12 August 2024
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Mao Ning
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning’s Remarks on August 9, 2024
RIA Novosti: The Eastern Economic Forum 2024 will be held at the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok from September 3 to 6. Does China plan to send representatives to the forum…
12 August 2024
Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya. Photo: Contributed
When writing becomes a distraction!
Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya (TNN) is one of renowned Zimbabwean writers who writes in Ndebele and English. She was born in Matebeleland South Province in Zimbabwe to a Ndebele father and Shona mother. She grew up…
11 August 2024
Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum Ms Boemo Sekgoma. Photo: Contributed
SADC PF SG urges addressing access to digital technology for the youth
By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – As the world celebrates International Youth Day on August 12, the Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum Ms Boemo Sekgoma has highlighted the intersection of digital access and…
11 August 2024
Letsile Tebogo - Botswana and Africa's Golden Olympian in the Men's 200 metres finals on August 8, 2024 in Paris, France
UDC President celebrates Olympics Golden boy, Letsile Tebogo
By Duma Boko Our athletes have flown the flag and brought adulation upon our country. We call their names with immense pride. We witnessed the stunning victory of Letsile Tebogo, who is worth his weight…
10 August 2024
The MoU was signed by SADC Executive Secretary, Mr. Elias Mpedi Magosi and H.E. Mr. Bharath Kumar Kuthati, High Commissioner of India to Botswana and Special Representative of India to the SADC
Africa can be the bread basket of the world
*Holds 23% of the world’s agricultural land and 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land *India and Africa – Relations in the Past and Present By Ambassador A R Ghanshyam Relations between India and Africa…
10 August 2024
Malian people support Mali’s decision to sever diplomatic ties with Ukraine
Malian people support the country’s decision to sever diplomatic relations with Ukraine “with immediate effect,” saying that Mali needs countries that could help it, instead of that collaborate with rebel groups. Mali’s transitional government on…
7 August 2024
