Africa

Polisario troops in a parade

Polisario Front criticises Security Council’s inaction on Western Sahara

Polisario Front strongly criticised Security Council’s “inaction” regarding Moroccan perpetuated violation of Saharawi people’s rights to freedom and full independence, after a closed videoconference (VTC) consultations on Western Sahara organised Wednesday 21st April, in which…

23 April 2021

Dodigi Program applications now open

DoDigi is a free12-week training and mentoring program for entrepreneurs focused on the Digital Economy, where at the end of the course, participants will have their products and/or services available for purchase online for greater…

21 April 2021

WTO Director General Dr. Ngozi-Okonjo Lweala

IMF projects China’s economy will grow by 8.4% in 2021

China’s economy is projected to expand by 8.4 percent in 2021, according to the latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 6th April. The figure is 0.3 percentage points…

13 April 2021

Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua

Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi (R) meets with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Gaborone, Botswana, Jan. 7, 2021.

Chinese Ambassador-designate to Botswana, H.E. Wang Xuefeng arrived

Chinese Ambassador-designate to Botswana H.E. Wang Xuefeng and his wife Mme. Tong Xin arrived in Gaborone on the morning of 8th April 2021. Ambassador Wang said that he is very happy to be the Ambassador…

13 April 2021

AFRICA YOUTH CONFERENCE 2021

Africa has her own concrete conditions of life and concrete reality of her history which is distinct and extremely complex history and culture. Thus the liberation struggle can only be comprehended as a concrete attempt…

10 April 2021

The Children of Occupied Western Sahara live under constant terror

On the 16 November 2020, three days after the resumption of war between the Polisario Front and the illegal occupying forces of Morocco, 12 year old Hayat (surname withheld due to constant threats against her…

10 April 2021

SADC dispatches technical team to probe terror acts in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado

Pan Afrikanist Watchman An Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit will be held Mozambique on 29 April 2021 to receive reports regarding the security situation in Cabo Delgado Province of Mozambique, where terrorist attacks have left many…

8 April 2021

SADC Organ Troika Ministers vow to stop terrorist attacks in Mozambique and region

Pan Afrikan Watchman Southern African Development Community (SADC) has been urged to concritise its interventions in terms of a regional approach and support to Mozambique in combating terrorism. Speaking Wednesday April 7th 2021 in Maputo,…

8 April 2021

SADC seized with security situation in northern Mozambique

 Kizito Sikuka The Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique might sound and seem to be a far away place for some people in southern Africa.  However, acts of increased extremism and terrorism in that province…

7 April 2021

Thomas Sankara: Revolution and the emancipation of women

“The revolution and women’s liberation go together. We do not talk of women’s emancipation as an act of charity or out of a surge of human compassion. It is a basic necessity for the revolution…

5 April 2021

FOOLS GET OLDER, NOT WISER

By Donald Molosi* In Botswana, we are taught to bow before we are taught to stand. Hear me out. The bow is subtle. It is in the softened voice. The lowered gaze. The bending of…

24 April 2026

Leaders of the Alliance of Sahel States -Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

Sahel Rising: The AES Confederation’s Defiant March Toward Sovereignty, Security, and Revolutionary Transformation

By Cde Mafa Kwanisai Mafa Amid intensifying efforts to undermine the Sahelian revolution through destabilisation, propaganda, and psychological warfare, the Confederation of Sahel States Alliance of Sahel States is not retreating. It is consolidating. Far…

22 April 2026

BPP President Motlatsi Molapise and Secretary General, Mantlha Sankoloba

BPP gears for leadership forum in Francistown, reaffirms role in UDC leadership

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Francistown, Botswana — The Botswana People’s Party (BPP) will convene a Leadership Forum on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at Bluetown Hall in Francistown as part of efforts to revive its organizational…

21 April 2026

Seretse and Ruth

Sir Seretse Khama: The Architect of a Nation’s Destiny

By Singh Gurjeet The year was 1921. In the heart of Serowe, the earth lay cracked and thirsty, its dust rising like whispers of forgotten prayers. The air was heavy, drifting across the village as…

21 April 2026

Fatherland or Death! Cuba will achieve victory in defense of sovereignty and socialism

Girón, today and forever! As long as there is a woman and a man willing to give their life for the Revolution, we’ll be victorious! Cuba lives under the constant siege of the United States…

18 April 2026

Rosie Motene lands in Mahalapye, where history breathes, and dreams begin

By Rosie Motene Mahalapye is a village that speaks softly, but if you are listening, it teaches you everything. This past Easter weekend, I visited for the first time. I arrived with Clive G, a…

17 April 2026