African Union Commission in a stinking recruitment scandal
Appointment of new Legal Counsel raises eyebrows Botswana Guardian (BG) recently unmasked the widespread corruption, mismanagement of resources, workers’ rights violations and other irregularities that have become the norm in the African Union Headquarters and…
22 September 2022
African Union reeks of disgusting corruption-report
Officials of the Pan African body captured by foreign interests The AU seems to be slipping away from its values and principles of pan-Africanism to embracing colonialist, Zionist, capitalist and overall corruptive and corrupted priorities.…
8 September 2022
Will African institutions ever be owned by the people and speak one voice?
Two significant summits attracted attention lately, one in the Southern Africa and the other still not clear if it will or will not take place in the Northern region. Both show that much is still…
25 August 2022
EU rebuffs Moroccan King’s ultimatum
Botswana Guardian’s Correspondent Morocco’s war drums are beating against all its neighbours, and against any country that will not disregard international law, and “swear allegiance” to the Commander of Believers (title of the Moroccan Monarch)…
25 August 2022
South Africa’s engagements with the world are informed by our national interest (By: Naledi Pandor)
This week we released South Africa’s national interest framework document that seeks to outline and define the key values, principles and goals that influence our foreign policy and practice as South Africa. Our framework is…
3 August 2022
Botswana Guardian: “BNF shows its Pan-Africanist spirit by supporting Western Sahara’s freedom struggle”
Last July 17, the militants of Botswana National Front (BNF) were surprised to hear an unusual speaker, an Ambassador from a far North African country, Western Sahara, who called on them to remember their duties…
29 July 2022
At 20, African Union has achieved much but the work goes on
The launch of the African Union on July 9, 2002, was met with great optimism. The AU has since accomplished much to unlock Africa’s potential and secure prosperity, but there is more to do. The…
12 July 2022
The AU should move to expel Morocco
Twenty-seven dead and counting! International media on Friday were filled with horrific scenes of “African” migrants being beaten to death with black batons while laying on the ground as Moroccan authorities in their black uniforms…
11 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
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
