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India’s diaspora powerhouse: Leading the 2023 global remittance list with a record $125 Billion

India has achieved a remarkable milestone in 2023 by leading the global remittance charts with a staggering $125 billion, as reported by the World Bank. India’s position at the top of the global remittance charts…

23 January 2024

Indian High Commissioner Bharath Kumar Kuthati

India-Botswana Relations Grow Stronger as world’s most populous nation marks 75th Republic Day

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman India established diplomatic relations with Botswana immediately after its independence in 1966 and opened resident diplomatic mission in Gaborone in 1987.  Botswana established its Mission in New Delhi in 2006. Bilateral…

23 January 2024

Indian economy’s stellar performance; joins the ranks of stock market superpowers

Shishu Ranjan and Ajit Jha If the year 2022 witnessed the Indian economy replacing the UK as the world’s fifth largest economy, the year 2023 saw India achieving a major milestone when its stock market…

23 January 2024

Chinese Foreign Minister’s visit to Egypt, Tunisia, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, Brazil, Jamaica

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will visit Egypt, Tunisia, Togo and Cote d’Ivoire upon invitation from Jan. 13 to 18.…

16 January 2024

Algeria Takes a Seat on the UN Security Council

Also published in Lawfare ABOUT THE AUTHORS Sabina Henneberg Sabina Henneberg is a 2022-23 Soref Fellow at The Washington Institute. Twenty years after its last term, Algiers returns to make its mark, potentially affecting U.S. efforts…

14 January 2024

President Hage Geingob of Namibia (File Picture)

Namibia criticises German support for Israel over ICJ genocide case

By Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News Namibia has condemned former colonial ruler Germany for rejecting a case at a UN court accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. Germany has offered to intervene on Israel’s…

14 January 2024

iNkosi Zwelivelile Mandela (TPA File Picture)

Address by Nkosi ZMD Mandela, MP to the Mass Gathering at Nelson Mandela Place

Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday 13th January 2023 at 15:00 Programme Director Comrades and Friends Ladies and Gentlemen I bring you revolutionary greetings from South Africa. I address you today as a free man because generations…

13 January 2024

‘We are ready for a war’: Somalia threatens conflict with Ethiopia over breakaway region

Somaliland hoped to be recognised as a country after port deal with landlocked Ethiopia – but move has sparked fury in Somalia Somalia is prepared to go to war to stop Ethiopia recognising the breakaway…

13 January 2024

The outcome of the US presidential race is not of great concern to us, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, December 31, 2023

Question: What will happen to the representatives of the Kiev regime once Russia achieves its objectives in the special military operation in Ukraine? Will an investigation into the crimes of the Kiev regime be initiated and…

10 January 2024

Solidarity rally held in Mandela Square, Ramallah, ahead of the ICJ hearing set for January 11 and 12 at The Hague, The Netherlands - Pic (Laith Jada)

South Africa assembles best legal brains for its case against Israel at the International Court of Justice

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will hold public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa…

10 January 2024

Orange Botswana People and Social Impact Director Modiri Nlanda handing over the digital kit

Orange Botswana donates to local schools in Phikwe and launches the Orange Phikwe National Marathon 2026

*Digital Schools Kit, whiteboards and an all-in-one printer & photocopying machine to Selebi-Phikwe Primary and Senior Secondary School, respectively, all valued at 300K. Orange Botswana has reaffirmed its commitment to community development, sport, and education…

11 March 2026

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Praying for Empire: How Political Christianity Is Being Weaponised to Bless War and Imperial Power

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa The spectacle of evangelical pastors gathering in the White House, surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump and laying hands on him in prayer while the United States and Israel escalate military aggression…

9 March 2026

Moscow Warns of Escalating Middle East Crisis as U.S.-Israeli Strikes Ignite Regional War

MOSCOW — The Russian Foreign Ministry has issued a stark warning that the Middle East is sliding toward uncontrollable instability, blaming U.S. and Israeli military actions against Iran for triggering a chain of violence that…

6 March 2026

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Cuba Condemns Ecuador’s Expulsion of Embassy Staff

Havana, March 4, 2026 — Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sharply criticised Ecuador’s decision to expel all personnel from the Cuban Embassy in Quito, calling the move “arbitrary and unjustified” and warning it will…

5 March 2026

Ms Elisabeth Harleman of the Embassy of Sweden

Call to safeguard SRHR gains as Angola hosts annual review of SRHR, HIV and AIDS Project

By Moses Magadza A two-day Annual Review Meeting of the Sweden-funded Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), HIV and AIDS Governance Project of the SADC Parliamentary Forum ended in Luanda, Angola on Tuesday. The…

3 March 2026

Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío

Cuba Reports Foiled Terrorist Infiltration Linked to U.S.-Based Groups, Seeks Cooperation from Washington

Havana, February 26, 2026 — Cuban authorities announced the interception of a vessel registered in Florida carrying ten individuals allegedly attempting to infiltrate the island for terrorist purposes. The incident, reported yesterday, has prompted immediate…

27 February 2026