Botswana

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SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE LAUNCH OF THE 2024 MANIFESTO OF THE UMBRELLA FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE

BY DUMA GIDEON BOKO* PRESIDENT OF THE UDC ON 10 AUGUST 2024 AT THE ROYAL ARIA STADIUM I humbly embrace and welcome each and every one of you, individually and personally. You, the ordinary members…

10 August 2024

Letsile Tebogo - Botswana and Africa's Golden Olympian in the Men's 200 metres finals on August 8, 2024 in Paris, France

UDC President celebrates Olympics Golden boy, Letsile Tebogo

By Duma Boko Our athletes have flown the flag and brought adulation upon our country. We call their names with immense pride. We witnessed the stunning victory of Letsile Tebogo, who is worth his weight…

10 August 2024

The MoU was signed by SADC Executive Secretary, Mr. Elias Mpedi Magosi and H.E. Mr. Bharath Kumar Kuthati, High Commissioner of India to Botswana and Special Representative of India to the SADC

Africa can be the bread basket of the world

*Holds 23% of the world’s agricultural land and 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land *India and Africa – Relations in the Past and Present By Ambassador A R Ghanshyam Relations between India and Africa…

10 August 2024

Malian people support Mali’s decision to sever diplomatic ties with Ukraine

Malian people support the country’s decision to sever diplomatic relations with Ukraine “with immediate effect,” saying that Mali needs countries that could help it, instead of that collaborate with rebel groups. Mali’s transitional government on…

7 August 2024

Zimbabwe's President Dambudzo Emmerson Mnangagwa

Zimbabwe, Mnangagwa not fit to lead SADC

by Vitalio Angula The Republic of Zimbabwe will assume the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chairmanship on 17th August 2024, taking over from Angola. Rising reports of repression, assaults and crackdowns on members of the…

7 August 2024

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba addressing a delegation of African journalists in his office in Kyiv, November 2023

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the decision of the Transitional Government of the Republic of Mali to break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine

05 August 2024 16:42 FOREIGN AFFAIRS The decision of the Transitional Government of the Republic of Mali to break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine is short-sighted and hasty, given the fact that Ukraine, as victim…

7 August 2024

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Mali’s case is “indicative” as it “opens the eyes of Global South countries to the true nature of the Kiev regime,” Russian FM’s spokeswoman says

 “Pay attention: Zelensky didn’t even try to justify it with ‘military actions.’ And that’s impossible: where is Ukraine? Where is Mali? This is pure barbaric terrorism, refined bandit evil in the style of criminal showdowns.…

7 August 2024

Delegates pose for a souvenir photograph during the Second Meeting of the Southern Africa Regional Parliamentarians’ Forum on Climate Change in Namibia last week. Photo: Contributed.

MPs urge stronger climate action and accountability

By Moses Magadza Windhoek, Namibia – The Second Meeting of the Southern Africa Regional Parliamentarians’ Forum on Climate Change ended last week in Namibia with calls for stronger climate action and accountability. The meeting brought…

7 August 2024

The President of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Honourable Roger Mancienne. Photo: Moses Magadza

SADC PF President calls for national budgets for climate measures

By Moses Magadza The President of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Honourable Roger Mancienne, has urged Members of Parliament to ensure that national budgets have a component related to climate measures, to repair damage and protect…

7 August 2024

GIFT IFSC: Emerging as a preferred new age global financial centre

By Dr. Dipesh Shah The Government of India implemented a major financial sector reform by establishing the country’s maiden International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in GIFT City, Gujarat. The IFSC has been developed as a…

6 August 2024

Orange Botswana CEO Nene Maiga

Orange Botswana to Invest P1 Million Annually in Phikwe Marathon, Driving Local Economy and Sports Tourism

by Tebogo Nadisah Selebi-Phikwe just got a major lifeline. Orange Botswana (OBW) has announced a game-changing P1 million sponsorship annually for the next three years to power the Phikwe National Marathon, with the goal of…

10 April 2025

FLASHBACK: Mr Ray Ngulube speaks during a meeting of the SADC Committee of Clerks and Secretaries General of Parliaments at the National Assembly of Angola last year. Photo: Moses Magadza, SADC PF.

SADC PF mourns the passing of Clerk of the National Assembly of Zambia

By Moses Magadza Windhoek, Namibia – The SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) has expressed sorrow following the death of Mr. Roy Ngulube, the Clerk of the National Assembly of Zambia, who died on 7 April…

10 April 2025

Statement by the Sahrawi Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Wed, 04/09/2025 – 13:55 Bir Lehlou (Liberated Territories) 09 April 2025 (SPS) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sahrawi Republic issued the following statement in reaction to a position recently expressed by the American…

9 April 2025

GRATEFUL: President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko of Botswana (left) holds up a gift from the Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, Hon. Advocate Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda shortly after he signed the Agreement Amending the SADC Treaty to establish a SADC Regional Parliament.

Speaker says SADC Regional Parliament no threat to national sovereignty

By Moses Magadza recently in Botswana The establishment of a SADC Regional Parliament would not infringe on the independence of Member States nor require any significant added resources. The Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe,…

8 April 2025

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Ovechkin Breaks Gretzky’s NHL Record by Scoring 895th Goal

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Washington Capitals’ Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin on Sunday overtook Canada’s Wayne Gretzky as the top sniper in the regular championships of the National Hockey League (NHL) by scoring his 895th goal. The…

8 April 2025

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Mali Abdoulaye Diop (the President of Mali currently holds the CSS presidency), Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and Burkinabe Abroad of the Republic of Burkina Faso Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and African Integration of the Republic of Niger Yaou Sangare Bakary.

First Russia-Confederation of Sahel States (CSS) ministerial meeting held in Moscow, April 3, 2025

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman On April 3, Moscow hosted the first Russia-Confederation of Sahel States (CSS) ministerial meeting with the participation of  Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov,  Minister of Foreign…

8 April 2025