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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

BRICS leaders in a show of unity (PIC. Contributed)

BRICS expansion shows its bright prospect, China’s top diplomat tells the Media

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman BRICS expansion has shown its bright prospect, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on January 2 at a daily press briefing. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iran,…

8 January 2024

Orange-Money-CEO-Mr.-Seabelo-Pilane

Orange Money Botswana Raises Transaction Limits in Digital Push

Orange Money Botswana has increased its transaction limits for their customers, a move expected to strengthen the platform’s role as a key financial inclusion tool and accelerate the shift toward digital payments. The mobile financial…

24 April 2026

Cuban Ambassador Antonio Luis Pubillones Izaguirre, signing the Document denouncing the US blockade against Cuba

Cubans in Botswana Back Revolutionary Homeland Campaign with Public Statement

GABORONE – Members of the Cuban Medical Mission in Botswana have joined the global initiative “My Signature for the Homeland”, reaffirming solidarity with their nation’s revolutionary ideals. The Statement was read in Gaborone by the…

24 April 2026

FOOLS GET OLDER, NOT WISER

By Donald Molosi* In Botswana, we are taught to bow before we are taught to stand. Hear me out. The bow is subtle. It is in the softened voice. The lowered gaze. The bending of…

24 April 2026

Leaders of the Alliance of Sahel States -Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

Sahel Rising: The AES Confederation’s Defiant March Toward Sovereignty, Security, and Revolutionary Transformation

By Cde Mafa Kwanisai Mafa Amid intensifying efforts to undermine the Sahelian revolution through destabilisation, propaganda, and psychological warfare, the Confederation of Sahel States Alliance of Sahel States is not retreating. It is consolidating. Far…

22 April 2026

BPP President Motlatsi Molapise and Secretary General, Mantlha Sankoloba

BPP gears for leadership forum in Francistown, reaffirms role in UDC leadership

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Francistown, Botswana — The Botswana People’s Party (BPP) will convene a Leadership Forum on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at Bluetown Hall in Francistown as part of efforts to revive its organizational…

21 April 2026

Seretse and Ruth

Sir Seretse Khama: The Architect of a Nation’s Destiny

By Singh Gurjeet The year was 1921. In the heart of Serowe, the earth lay cracked and thirsty, its dust rising like whispers of forgotten prayers. The air was heavy, drifting across the village as…

21 April 2026