Western Sahara: Colonialism, Labor, and Imperialist Complicity
In 2025, we mark 50 years since Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara — a colonial occupation sustained by a repressive military apparatus, a deliberate policy of demographic substitution, and, above all, a web of…
6 May 2025
HB invests 137 Million Pula in Botswana, fuelling the nation’s rise as a diamond powerhouse
Eighteen (18) months after launch, HB is advancing HB Botswana’s processing capacity with a transformative new 137 million Pula investment. This commitment will expand HB’s processing capacity and create hundreds of high-quality jobs, positioning Botswana…
21 November 2024
Elephant over-population causes massive destruction of trees, poor food and water supply for all the wildlife_
U.S. Appeals Court’s decision on ivory, Rhino horn sales may signal reopening of international trade
By Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg, 19 November 2024 In a significant development for a return to a reasonable approach to trade in ivory and rhino horn products, the U.S. Second Court of Appeals has removed the…
21 November 2024
SpaceX’s Starlink Becomes Operational in Botswana
By Mustapha Iderawumi Starlink, SpaceX’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite internet service, is now operational in Botswana, marking a significant milestone for the Southern African nation. Rebecca Slick Hunter, Director of Starlink Global Licensing and Market Activation, announced Botswana’s…
31 August 2024
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
Ambassador-Ret-Christopher-Ross
The quest for self-determination for the people of Western Sahara: a rebuttal of Samir Bennis’s Blog contribution
by Christopher Ross* The Atlantic Council’s blog has published an essay by an author from Morocco decrying the parlous nature of Moroccan-Algerian relations and positing that Algeria is responsible for perpetuating the conflict over the…
24 July 2024
Members of the Polisario front take pictures of themselves in the liberated territories of the Western Sahara. Western Sahara, September 30, 2018. Photograph by Morgane Wirtz / Hans Lucas. Des membres du front Polisario se prennent en photo sur les territoires liberes du Sahara occidental. Sahara Occidental, 30 september 2018. Photographie de Morgane Wirtz / Hans Lucas.NO USE FRANCE
Algeria’s Morocco obsession has killed reconciliation prospects
By Samir Bennis For nearly five decades, Algeria has used the dispute over Western Sahara as a front for its antagonization of Morocco. But behind Algeria’s support for the Sahrawi cause lies a much more complex…
24 July 2024
Minds at work: IKS innovators Oduetse Mphahudi (white shirt and Prince Gaogopolwe of HEVEFRU fame
The Supremacy of Herbal Medicine
“Whereas conventional medicine is focused in the use of onlythe active ingredient of a plant, herbal remedies use the whole plant.” by Oduetse Mphahudi The Genesis of Conventional Medicine Many conventional drugs originate from plant…
6 December 2022
Chinese President Xi Jinping
Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive in Unity to Build a Modern Socialist Country in All Respects
Report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China October 16, 2022 Xi Jinping Comrades, On behalf of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), I will…
7 November 2022
Labour Federations present their thoughts on what should inform the Constitutional review exercise
POSITION PAPER ON THE BOTSWANA CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW EXERCISE By Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) and Botswana Federation of Public Private and Parastatal Sector Unions (BOFEPUSO) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The modern trend and best practice for…
13 October 2021
