Botswana

Award winning Al-Jazeera journalist Youmna El-Sayed

GLIMPSES OF THE HORRORS OF GAZA

Cynthia Thanda The evening of Friday, 23 August 2024, had the Maitisong Hall, Maruapula school in a heart-wrenching session. People cried in sadness and expressed deep compassion towards Youmna El-Sayed, the award winning Al-Jazeera journalist,…

25 August 2024

Sahrawi FA Minister participates in the TICAD meeting exposing Moroccan propaganda regarding the exclusion of SADR

Tokyo (Japan), August 24, 2024 (SPS) – The ministerial meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was inaugurated today in Tokyo, with the presence of the Sahrawi Foreign Minister, Mohamed Sidati, accompanied by…

24 August 2024

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The Sahrawi Republic participates in the TICAD experts’ meeting in Tokyo, and the Moroccan delegation tried to ruin the meeting

Tokyo (Japan), August 23, 2024 (SPS) – The African Union and TICAD experts’ meeting began this morning in the Japanese capital Tokyo, in preparation for the ministerial meeting, with the participation of the Sahrawi delegation. During…

24 August 2024

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New Moroccan scandal in Japan: Moroccan delegation attempt physical assault on Sahrawi Ambassador during TICAD Experts Meeting in Tokyo

SPS Fri, 08/23/2024 – 16:39 Tokyo (Japan), August 23, 2024 (SPS) – A member of the Moroccan diplomatic delegation participating in the preparatory experts’ meeting for the TICAD summit in Tokyo this morning attempted to physically…

24 August 2024

Amb. Maa Lainine Lakhal

The Zio-Moroccan nostalgia for colonialism in Western Sahara and the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Morocco

By: Amb. Maa Lainine Lakhal Developments in the conflict in Western Sahara since the return of the Polisario Front to armed struggle against the Moroccan occupation on 13 November 2020 have been marked by Moroccan…

21 August 2024

Ndapanda Andreas - Kayoko’s book, ‘Hey you, liberator’ is a parody of the plight of Namibia's youths

Hey you, Liberator

By: Vitalio Angula Ndapanda Andreas – Kayoko’s 123 page offering titled, ‘Hey you, liberator’ is a fictional story that examines the relationship between Helena and Andimba and their lifelong friendship that began in primary school.…

21 August 2024

SADC Parliamentary Forum participates in second regional meeting on climate action oversight

Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, Namibia – The Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) participated in the Second Southern Africa Parliamentarian Regional Meeting in Windhoek, Namibia last week. The event, held from July 31 to August 2, brought…

16 August 2024

Award winning Al Jazeera Correspondent Youmma El-Sayed visits Botswana, recounts Israel atrocities in Gaza

The Pan Africanist Watchman An award winning journalist, who is also an Al Jazeera English Correspondent, Ms Youmma El-Sayed has surmounted courage to travel around the worlds to share the story of Gaza. El-Sayed, who…

16 August 2024

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Namibia’s Media Ombudsman condemns the publishing of photo depicting dead lion

By: Vitalio Angula The publishing of a photo depicting a lion that was tracked down and killed by rangers of Namibia’s Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism on Saturday 10 August (World Lion Day) on…

15 August 2024

Fidel Castro with Ghana's founding president, Kwame Nkrumah

Fidel Castro: A Lesson To African Leaders

The late Fidel Castro lent support to several African and Caribbean countries, providing medical, educational, and in some cases military, aid. Now, posits Addai Sebo, the African Union (AU), and indeed the African diaspora, must…

14 August 2024

THE INTRIGUING CASE OF LAIPIKIA EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE (EVD) ISOLATION & TREATMENT AMERICAN-ONLY FACILITY

“Kenyan interest or foreign agenda?” As the Ebola outbreak in DRC exposes not only Africa’s health vulnerability, but constitutional vulnerability & sovereignty vulnerability. By Fortune Madondo Introduction The joint plan by Kenya and the United…

8 June 2026

Minister of International Relations, Dr Phenyo Butale

Botswana Denies Flag Link to Tanker Disabled by US in Gulf

GABORONE, Wednesday — Botswana’s Ministry of International Relations has dismissed reports that a crude oil tanker disabled by the United States military in the Arabian Gulf was sailing under the Botswana flag. In a statement…

8 June 2026

Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed display their copies of signed agreements while U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as they participate in the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and some of its Middle East neighbors, in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

China analyses Trump’s Push for Gulf and Middle East Expansion of the Abraham Accords

*Chinese intelligence and military circles analyse the Abraham Accords between the Gulf states, the Middle East, and Israel as not merely peace treaties but rather the infrastructure for a technological and military alliance. By Dr…

8 June 2026

Pope Leo XIV apologises for the role of the Catholic Church in legitimising slavery

Pope Leo XIV breaks silence on the Vatican’s role in slavery, calls for vigilance in digital era

By Fortune Madondo Introduction Exactly a day after the 63rd anniversary of Africa day, on Monday, 26 May 2026, the head of the Vatican or worldwide Catholic church, Pope Leo XIV, came clean on the…

2 June 2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Putin Extends Africa Day Greetings, Highlights Russia–Africa Ties

May 25, 2026 Russian President Vladimir Putin has conveyed warm wishes to African Heads of State and Government on the occasion of Africa Day, commending the continent’s progress and reaffirming Moscow’s commitment to deepening cooperation.…

29 May 2026

Orange Money Commercial and Marketing Director, Gazza Motswagole

Top’a o Pop’e promotion unveiled as Orange Money turns 15

Orange Botswana has launched a new customer promotion worth P1.1 million as its Orange Money service marks 15 years in operation. The campaign, branded Top’a o Pop’e, will run nationwide and offers daily, weekly and…

27 May 2026