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Türkiye-Botswana relations growing in leaps and bounds

TPA Watchman   The national day reception to celebrate the 101st anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Türkiye (October 29), was an occasion to ruminate on the state of relations between Türkiye and…

30 October 2024

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Botswana Joined 50 countries in Moscow for BRICS International Fashion Federation

At the BRICS+ Fashion Summit in Moscow, leaders from fashion associations across more than 50 countries proudly announced the formation of the BRICS International Fashion Federation. This initiative aims to establish new centers of influence,…

29 October 2024

Togo Has Taken Up The Challenge To Revive Pan-Africanism

By Francis Kokutse After the last Pan-African Congress in South Africa in 2014, nothing much has happened, and it seemed everyone went to sleep, but thanks to the Togolese President, Faure Gnassingbe, there is a…

24 October 2024

China's President Xi Jinping is met by Russia's President Vladimir Putin as he arrives in Kazan for the BRICS Summit

President Xi Jinping Holds Meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin

On the afternoon of October 22 local time, President Xi Jinping held a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kazan Kremlin. President Xi expressed his great delight in coming to the ancient Russian…

24 October 2024

On Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with journalists from BRICS countries

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman President of Russia Vladimir Putin answered questions from the heads of leading BRICS media agencies. The meeting was held ahead of the BRICS summit in Kazan. The meeting was attended by the heads of media agencies from Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia,…

23 October 2024

Putin addresses plenary session of BRICS Business Forum

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The forum is taking place in Moscow ahead of the BRICS Summit, which will be held in Kazan on October 22–24 and will include the new participants in the association for the first time. On January 1, 2024, Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia…

23 October 2024

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Africa Free Trade for Africa and Namibia

Vitalio Angula Mee Nangula sits in her two * four cubicle at the open market at Windhoek’s Single Quarter’s which has come to be known in the local vernacular as “Uutara waa Libertine”, named after…

20 October 2024

“Dismantling Apartheid: South Africa to Palestine” UK & Ireland Tour

Address by Nkosi ZMD Mandela, Held at Bristol, UK | Thursday, 17th October 2024 How did the Boycott work in SA, what does it look like for us here in UK? To boycott means to…

17 October 2024

16th BRICS Summit kicks off in Kazan, Russia October 22 – 24, 2024

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend a BRICS summit scheduled to take place in Kazan on October 22-24. The 16th summit of the group, it will be held in Russia,…

17 October 2024

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SADC PF Public Hearings aim to promote citizen engagement and regional integration

By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – SADC citizens will have an opportunity to engage their representatives within the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) on a range of issues when it hosts its…

17 October 2024

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BPOMAS Marks 35 Years of Service, Trust and Healthcare Excellence in Botswana

ADVERTORIAL Botswana Public Officers Medical Aid Scheme (BPOMAS) is proudly celebrating 35 years of dedicated service to the people of Botswana, marking more than three decades of consistent delivery of quality healthcare financing, customer-focused service…

25 June 2026

Understanding the new European Union (EU) migration & asylum pact

“As the EU seeks to externalise its borders & migration problems” By Fortune Madondo “Migration is a European challenge which must be met with a European solution. One that is effective, fair and firm. This…

25 June 2026

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Environmental management inspectors seize illegally kept crocodiles in Gauteng, South Africa

By Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg, 24 May 2026 Springs – Two illegally kept crocodiles were seized in Springs, Gauteng, South Africa during a multi-agency operation led by the Gauteng Department of Environment, highlighting the province’s continued…

25 June 2026

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

“Ukraine, Europe and Global Security”

by Sergey Lavrov At a meeting in London on 7 June 2026, the leaders of Britain, France, and Germany, as well as Vladimir Zelensky, laid out five preconditions for Russia to secure a “just and…

23 June 2026

Chairperson of the SADC PF Standing Committee on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (TIFI), Hon. Dumelang Saleshando from Botswana

SADC PF–UNCTAD training programme concludes first phase, equipping Parliamentarians to drive AfCFTA implementation

By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – The first phase of a pioneering capacity-building partnership between the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has ended. The phase…

23 June 2026

ORANIA: A nation within a nation

By Fortune Madondo Whilst black-on-black violence is on the rise in South Africa (SA) due to xenophobic and afrophobic tendencies, there exists an unusual place in SA today. A place where history, Identity, and politics…

22 June 2026