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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

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

“Ukraine, Europe and Global Security”

by Sergey Lavrov At a meeting in London on 7 June 2026, the leaders of Britain, France, and Germany, as well as Vladimir Zelensky, laid out five preconditions for Russia to secure a “just and…

23 June 2026

Chairperson of the SADC PF Standing Committee on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (TIFI), Hon. Dumelang Saleshando from Botswana

SADC PF–UNCTAD training programme concludes first phase, equipping Parliamentarians to drive AfCFTA implementation

By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The first phase of a pioneering capacity-building partnership between the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has ended. The phase…

23 June 2026

ORANIA: A nation within a nation

By Fortune Madondo Whilst black-on-black violence is on the rise in South Africa (SA) due to xenophobic and afrophobic tendencies, there exists an unusual place in SA today. A place where history, Identity, and politics…

22 June 2026

United States Ambassador to Botswana, H.E. Ambassador H.A. Van Vranken

Botswana Universities Launch Collaborative Ideas Lab to Drive Innovation

Gaborone, June 16, 2026 – Botswana’s higher education sector will today mark a major milestone with the launch of the Ideas Test Lab, a collaborative incubation programme designed to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, and problem-solving among…

16 June 2026

Members of “March and March” and “Operation Dudula” chant anti-migrant slogans during a protest march in Durban, South Africa, in May 2026. (Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images)

South Africa’s inequality fuels xenophobia amid global capital pressures

By Fortune Madondo South Africa’s role as the continent’s financial anchor has come under sharp scrutiny, with analysts warning that entrenched global capital interests and unresolved apartheid legacies are driving deep socio-economic divides and fueling…

16 June 2026

SADC Executive Secretary H.E. Elias Magosi

SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi joins African Union preparatory talks ahead of mid-year Coordination Meeting

Gaborone, June 9, 2026 – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary, H.E. Elias M. Magosi, has joined continental leaders in preparatory talks for the 8th African Union (AU) Mid-Year Coordination Meeting, set to…

15 June 2026