The Speaker of the National Assembly of Botswana, Hon. Dithapelo Lefoko Keorapetse
Parliamentary Clerks strengthen financial oversightskills at SoCATT professional development seminar
By Moses Magadza in Gaborone, Botswana Parliamentary clerks and financial oversight experts from across Africa convened in Botswana for the 9th Professional Development Seminar of the Society of Clerks-at-the-Table (SoCATT) Africa Region, to explore ways…
16 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
Fifty Years of Silence: Monitoring Human Rights in Western Sahara Is a Moral Imperative
This year marks fifty years since the beginning of Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara in 1975. A prolonged and unresolved situation that is in clear violation of international law. For half a century, the Saharawi…
27 February 2026
The Sahrawi people are resilient and committed to self determination
Malainin Lakhal & Ron Guy February 26, 2026, Green Left Weekly, Issue 1448, World For decades, despite displacement, occupation and repression, the Sahrawi people have neither surrendered nor abandoned their demand for a free and…
27 February 2026
Kazungula Bridge Authority: A Pan-African Gateway to Trade, Unity and Transformation
The Kazungula Bridge Authority launch on Tuesday, 24th February 2026, was more than a bilateral milestone between Botswana and Zambia — it’s a continental statement. By operationalising a 24-hour, non-stop border post, the two nations…
26 February 2026
Cuban Ambassador, H.E Antonio Luis Pubillones Izaguirre has met Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe as well as Acting Land and Agriculture Minister, Dr Dikoloti
Cuban Ambassador Warns of Escalating Hostilities Amid Foiled Attack
Gaborone, Botswana – Cuba’s newly appointed Ambassador to Botswana, Antonio Luis Pubillones Izaguirre, has issued a stark appeal to the international community: “Don’t forget us in our hour of need.” His remarks, in an exclusive…
26 February 2026
Re-imagining Namibia through the lens of Local Direct Investment
By: Vitalio Angula If one thing stood out at the various memorial services held in honour of the late Founding President of Namibia, Sam Nujoma, during February and March 2025, it was the members of…
26 February 2026
Mr. Lesego Caster Moseki, Governor of Bank of Botswana
Botswana’s 2026 Monetary Policy Statement: A New Dawn
Cynthia Thanda On the 25th of February 2026, at the Linah K Mohohlo Auditorium, Bank of Botswana in Gaborone, the Bank of Botswana launched its 2026 Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) at what officials describe as…
25 February 2026
Morocco King Mohammed-VI
The impact of Morocco’s admission to the African Union on the dispute over the Western Sahara
By Alonso Illueca* & Sophocles Kitharidis * On 30 January 2017, Morocco was admitted to the African Union (AU) after previously withdrawing more than three decades ago from the Organisation of African Unity (its predecessor).…
25 February 2026
