Reports

Botswana Country Report 2020

Executive Summary Botswana is expected to hold its 12th general elections in October 2019. To date, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has won each of these elections. In 2014, the BDP won, but secured the…

25 February 2021

Participants at the Gauteng Climate Change Indaba

Premier Lesufi Optimistic About Gauteng’s Ability to Address Climate Change Challenges

Johannesburg, 1 December 2024 By Emmanuel Koro Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has expressed confidence that Gauteng has transitioned from addressing climate challenges through “an ad hoc programme” to a more permanent initiative led by a…

2 December 2024

SADC PF calls for Rights-Based Approach to HIV and AIDS on World AIDS Day 2024

By Moses Magadza The Secretary-General of the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) Ms Boemo Sekgoma, has underscored the need for a rights-based approach in the global response to HIV and AIDS. In…

2 December 2024

Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov

The exploitation of former colonies by colonial powers has never stopped – Russia’s FM, Sergey Lavrov tells Rossiyskaya Gazeta

Question: You represented Russia at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. Shortly before that, a series of meetings with African foreign ministers took place in Sochi, a city that hosted the first ministerial conference of…

29 November 2024

Catherine Flon (1772-1831) was a Haitian seamstress, patriot and national heroine

The Warrior Women of the Antilles, the Tricoteuse Catherine Flon and the Flag which sparked the flames of World Revolutionary Movement

By Ambassador Phatse Justice Pitso 18 November 2024 History bequeaths the warrior women of the Amazons of the Latin American and the Caribbean archipelago, the most profound to have shaped the world by their example,…

27 November 2024

President Boko meeting Martin Rapaport, the chairman of the Rapaport Group and founder of the Rapaport Diamond Report and RapNet, an online diamond trading network

Joint campaigns with leading retailers in the US, India, and China position natural diamonds as the ultimate symbol of love and heritage

BY ADVOCATE DUMA GIDEON BOKO PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA FACETS 2024 THEME: “NAVIGATING A NEW ERA” DATE:         26 NOVEMBER 2024 VENUE:       HANDELSBEURS, ANTWERP, BELGIUM        Good morning to you all! Mr.…

27 November 2024

Ms Faiza Mohamed, Director of the Africa Office at Equality Now. Photo: Contributed.

Growing calls to end child marriage

By *Moses Magadza, Sylvia Obaga and Sally Ncube 26 November 2024 As the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence gathers momentum shortly after the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and…

26 November 2024