Marchers trooped onto the streets of Gaborone to show solidarity with Palestine
Batswana march for peace and solidarity with Palestine
Cynthia Thanda The Main Mall of Botswana’s capital city, Gaborone, was teeming with human rights activists, sympathisers and people from all walks of life in the morning of Wednesday 25th of October 2023 all locked…
25 October 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin sat for an interview with Wang Guan of the China Media Group
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Interview with China Media Group
Wang Guan (retranslated): Mr. President! First of all, please accept my greetings on the occasion of your Birthday you have recently celebrated. How was it? Vladimir Putin: Thank you very much. I celebrated it with my friends and family. It was fine. Wang Guan: I must…
19 October 2023
Wang Yi: China Stands on the Side of Peace and Human Conscience on the Question of Palestine
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman On October 13, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy…
18 October 2023
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
“Adherence to the UN Charter principles in their entirety and interconnection underwrite international peace and stability”
by Sergey Lavrov* The recently held general political discussion during the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly affirmed that the world is going through profound and tectonic changes. We are witnessing the emergence…
17 October 2023
Smoke billows during an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 12, 2023. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants entered Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip enclave on October 8. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP) (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)
Israel bombards Gaza
The spectacular failures of international law
*The case of the lingering territorial conflicts of Israel/Palestine – Morocco/Western Sahara By Suleiman M. Pema* The attention of the global media sharply shifted from the conflict in Ukraine/ Russia which has largely preoccupied western…
13 October 2023
Basking in the moment - Simon Hughes, Donald Molosi, Clive Ganess, Rebecca Binns.
Partly Cloudy & Hot wows London!
LONDON, UK OCTOBER 8, 2023 Over the weekend, “Partly Cloudy & Hot” had its third screening in London, UK. The high-profile short film and its producers were hosted by the London International Pan-African Film Festival…
13 October 2023
The United Cultures Forum is an opportunity for nations of the world to showcase their heritage in its diversity
IX Saint Petersburg International Cultural Forum presents ‘United Cultures Forum’ from 16 to 18 November this year
Pan Afrikanist Watchman The Russian Federation will host IX Saint Petersburg International Cultural Forum – “United Cultures Forum” to be held on November 16-18, 2023. As part of the three-day forum, leading cultural figures and…
12 October 2023
-UN-UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David R. Boyd - UN photo
UN expert to assess environmental impacts on human rights in Botswana early October
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman GENEVA (27 September 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David R. Boyd, will conduct a visit to Botswana from 3 to 11 October 2023. The…
29 September 2023
President Putin takes a poke at former colonisers during the 8th Eastern Economic Forum
Putin raps former colonisers for throwing Africa into a debt trap
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has once again taken a swipe at the former colonisers for throwing Africa into a debt trap from which she cannot escape. Addressing the Plenary Session of…
20 September 2023
OHMORI Setsuo, Ambassador of Japan to Botswana handing clothing to beneficiaries in Dukwi refugee camp
Japanese apparel brand, UNIQLO, donates clothing to Dukwi Refugee Camp residents
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Early this month, the 6th of September 2023, H.E. Mr. OHMORI Setsuo, Ambassador of Japan to Botswana, officially handed over clothing donated by UNIQLO to the residents of Dukwi Refugee Camp…
19 September 2023