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Empire Speaks Without Shame: When Plunder Is Declared Policy

By Mafa Kwanisai Mafa There are moments in history when empires abandon their masks. Moments when the language of “democracy,” “human rights,” and “international order” is discarded, and naked power speaks in its own brutal…

19 December 2025

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

Russia–Africa: New Horizons for Old Friends

by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for African media dedicated to the Second Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum Cairo will soon host an important political event: heads and officials of the foreign ministries…

18 December 2025

Moscow Voices Concern Over Escalating Crisis in Eastern Congo

The Russian government has expressed deep concern over renewed violence in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), warning that the humanitarian toll continues to mount as hundreds of thousands remain…

15 December 2025

“Moscow Condemns EU Proposal to Tap Frozen Assets for Ukraine”

On 3 December 2025, the European Commission published on its website the press release ‘Commission unveils two solutions to support Ukraine’s financing needs in 2026–2027’ and the draft regulation ‘Proposal establishing the Reparations Loan to Ukraine’, providing for unauthorised use of Bank of Russia assets held by European financial institutions, including the Euroclear…

15 December 2025

“BRICS Sherpa Meeting Highlights Strategic Achievements and Future Initiatives Under Brazilian Chairmanship”

Deputy Foreign Minister and Russia’s Sherpa for BRICS Sergey Ryabkov took part in the end-of-year sherpa/sous-sherpa meeting of BRICS countries under the Brazilian chairmanship in Brasília on December 11-12. The participants reviewed this year’s cooperation…

15 December 2025

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Russia and South Africa Foreign Ministers Reaffirm G20 Cooperation Amid Global Tensions

December 12, 2025 — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola held a telephone conversation Friday, focusing on cooperation within the Group of 20 (G20).The ministers…

15 December 2025

Russian Foreign Ministry’s press release on the UN International Court of Justice’s acceptance for hearing of the matter of Ukraine’s responsibility for genocide and related crimes

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has upheld the Russian Federation’s position and accepted its counter-claims against Ukraine for hearing under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. All…

12 December 2025

Vietnam joins BRICS' counter terrorism effort

BRICS+ Counter-Terrorism Conference in Moscow Discusses Measures to Prevent the Spread of Fascist and neo-Nazi Ideas

Moscow, December 4 — The BRICS+ Counter-Terrorism Conference, held December 3–4 under the auspices of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, brought together more than a hundred representatives from government agencies, academia, civil society, and international…

9 December 2025

Dr Rodgers Lubilo, President of Community Leaders Network

SADC Leader Warns: ‘If CITES Won’t Reform for Communities, We’ll Force It’

By Emmanuel Koro 4 December 2025, Samarkand City, Uzbekistan                                                                                        Southern Africa’s leading community conservation voices have delivered their clearest warning yet to the UN wildlife trade regulator CITES, declaring that they will no longer…

5 December 2025

Vassily Nebenzia

Moscow Envoy Slams Zelensky, Claims 1.7M Troop Losses

Russia’s envoy to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, used a Security Council briefing on Ukraine to accuse Kyiv of corruption, catastrophic military losses, and forced mobilisation, while sharply criticising Western governments for continued support of…

25 November 2025

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

Fatherland or Death! Cuba will achieve victory in defense of sovereignty and socialism

Girón, today and forever! As long as there is a woman and a man willing to give their life for the Revolution, we’ll be victorious! Cuba lives under the constant siege of the United States…

18 April 2026

Rosie Motene lands in Mahalapye, where history breathes, and dreams begin

By Rosie Motene Mahalapye is a village that speaks softly, but if you are listening, it teaches you everything. This past Easter weekend, I visited for the first time. I arrived with Clive G, a…

17 April 2026