Western Sahara: Weapons, Oil, and the Phantom of False Autonomy
While the UN Security Council once again discussed the Western Sahara conflict on April 14th, Morocco continues to move aggressively both on the ground and in the diplomatic arena, trying to consolidate its illegal occupation…
18 April 2025
Sahrawi Republic signs MoU with SADC to strengthen political support against colonialism
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) have solidified their commitment to the decolonization and self-determination of Western Sahara by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday, April…
4 April 2025
Terrorist attack against Danish NGO points to Moroccan culprits and sparks global condemnation
A recent arson attack on the Copenhagen office of the Danish NGO Global Aktion has drawn sharp condemnation from the Frente POLISARIO and ignited widespread concern over Morocco’s escalating campaign to suppress international solidarity with…
14 January 2025
President-Duma-Boko-taking-the-Oath-of-Office on November 7th at the National Stadium
President Boko travels to Belgium Nov. 25th to lobby for Botswana diamonds
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The President, Advocate Duma Gideon Boko will travel to Belgium on Monday November 25, 2024 to attend FACETS2024 conference on November 26th and 27th at the Antwerp World Diamond Centre. Addressing…
23 November 2024
Fadel Barro of Senegal’s Y’en a Marre movement at a press conference in Kinshasa in March 2015. Members of Y’en a Marre, Burkina Faso’s Le Balai Citoyen, and the DRC’s Filimbi and La Lucha are part of a growing trend of young people reinventing Pan-Africanism and embracing democratic solidarity in Africa. (Photo: AFP/Federico Scoppa)
Pan-Africanism Reborn?
Pan-Africanism’s long legacy as a framework for ending colonialism and advancing peace, people-based democracy, and human rights remains as vital as ever for reclaiming citizen agency. The Pan-African movement marks its 105th anniversary in 2024.…
2 November 2024
EU Court of Justice Ruling: A Historic Victory for the Saharawi People and the Polisario Front
In a landmark ruling on October 4, 2024, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) reaffirmed that Morocco has no sovereignty over Western Sahara, declaring any EU-Morocco agreements involving the territory invalid. This decision is being…
5 October 2024
Morocco: A Functional entity and an anomaly in the international community
Malainin Lakhal
22 September 2024
Moroccan Diplomacy Thuggism: Violent aggression against Sahrawi delegation in TICAD fails to dampen growing rise of Sahrawi Struggle
In a disgraceful episode for Moroccan diplomacy, the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) on August 23, 2024, witnessed an unprecedented display of aggression when Moroccan officials launched a violent attack on the delegation…
25 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
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
