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Chairperson of the SACU Council of Ministers, Peggy Serame flanked by fellow Ministers, Dr. Lemogang Kwape and Moagi Lefoko

SACU region looks to AfCFTA implementation to ward off spill-over effects from the Russia-Ukraine war

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The spill-over effects from the war in Ukraine are not only threatening the global economic growth prospects but food security with the continued surge in food prices and other commodities. Officially…

28 June 2022

Brothers in Arms: Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez with Moroccan King, Mohammed VI Pic (C) africanews.com

The Ill-treatment of migrants by Morocco is a deliberate policy of systematic crimes against humanity

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman Around 2000 African migrants, from a number of unidentified African countries, tried last Friday 24th June 2022, to cross the borders between Northern Morocco with the Spanish city of Melilla, which…

27 June 2022

Djamel Ghrib, the Director of Economic Affairs at the African Union Commission speaking in Gaborone

AU experts: China’s Digital Silk Road solution to corruption in Africa

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman African countries have been urged to take full advantage of China’s Digital Silk Road program and employ artificial intelligence in their quest in detecting and subsequently shut corruption down. “Digital Silk…

22 June 2022

Ambassador Andrey Kemarskiy

Russian envoy slams NATO for trying to create a neo-colonial division of the world through its “rules-based order”

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman– The “collective West” has declared a total war against Russia, and it is hard to forecast how long this will last. But it is clear that its consequences will be felt…

17 June 2022

Prof David Norris (black mask) confers with Judge Rahim Khan during a Colloquium organised by the University of Botswana Law Department to contribute to the debate on the Review of the Republic Constitution (Pic TPA)

University of Botswana is on a trajectory to become the leading net exporter of education

The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The University of Botswana, which celebrates its Ruby Anniversary this year in October, is on a trajectory to become the leading net exporter of education. Not only education but also a…

10 June 2022

Executive Director of JETRO South Africa, Mr. Yoshiaki Ishihara, the Ambassador of Japan to Botswana H. E. HOSHIYAMA Takashi, the Chief Executive of BITC, Keletsositse Olebile and the Chief Executive Officer of Business Botswana, Norman Moleele discussed new growth opportunities for the private sector during the Japan-Botswana Business Seminar on June 1, 2022 in Gaborone. (Pic. The Pan Afrikanist)

Japan and Botswana joins hands to unlock opportunities for new growth in the private sector

Gaborone, June 1 – The Embassy of Japan, in cooperation with the Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC), organized a Botswana – Japan Business Seminar. The Business Seminar was aimed at promoting private sector exchanges…

2 June 2022

Detained US Human Rights delegation

US Human Rights Delegation Detained in Western Sahara

WASHINGTON, D.C./Boujdour, Western Sahara, May 23, 2022 A US delegation of women with the JustVisitWestern Sahara initiative is being detained in Western Sahara today by the Moroccan authorities at Laayoune Airport.  The US delegation was…

24 May 2022

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Revolutionary friendship between China & Africa hailed

The Pan Afrianist Watchman On the 17th of May, China’s Vice Foreign Minister Deng Li attended the Symposium Commemorating the Centenary of the Birth of Tanzania’s Founding President Julius Nyerere via video link. Deng Li…

23 May 2022

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North Carolina Partnership Programme Expands Cooperation and Partnership in Botswana

Press Release The U.S. Embassy in Botswana was honoured to host Major General M. Todd Hunt, the Adjutant General, North Carolina National Guard, April 26-28 in Gaborone. The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and the North…

19 May 2022

Shireen Abu-Akleh’s murder is a reflection of Palestine’s ongoing Nakba

On 15 May, Palestinians commemorated the Nakba, or “catastrophe” – the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 to make way for the creation of the state of Israel. Israel’s creation entailed the forced expulsion of…

17 May 2022

Mr.-Bevis-Kapaso

Innovative framework set to boost fight against child marriage in SADC

By Moses Magadza Windhoek, Namibia –A technical working group set up by the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) in collaboration with other partners has finalised a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework in the regional fight…

11 April 2025

Orange Botswana CEO Nene Maiga

Orange Botswana to Invest P1 Million Annually in Phikwe Marathon, Driving Local Economy and Sports Tourism

by Tebogo Nadisah Selebi-Phikwe just got a major lifeline. Orange Botswana (OBW) has announced a game-changing P1 million sponsorship annually for the next three years to power the Phikwe National Marathon, with the goal of…

10 April 2025

FLASHBACK: Mr Ray Ngulube speaks during a meeting of the SADC Committee of Clerks and Secretaries General of Parliaments at the National Assembly of Angola last year. Photo: Moses Magadza, SADC PF.

SADC PF mourns the passing of Clerk of the National Assembly of Zambia

By Moses Magadza Windhoek, Namibia – The SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) has expressed sorrow following the death of Mr. Roy Ngulube, the Clerk of the National Assembly of Zambia, who died on 7 April…

10 April 2025

Statement by the Sahrawi Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Wed, 04/09/2025 – 13:55 Bir Lehlou (Liberated Territories) 09 April 2025 (SPS) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sahrawi Republic issued the following statement in reaction to a position recently expressed by the American…

9 April 2025

GRATEFUL: President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko of Botswana (left) holds up a gift from the Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, Hon. Advocate Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda shortly after he signed the Agreement Amending the SADC Treaty to establish a SADC Regional Parliament.

Speaker says SADC Regional Parliament no threat to national sovereignty

By Moses Magadza recently in Botswana The establishment of a SADC Regional Parliament would not infringe on the independence of Member States nor require any significant added resources. The Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe,…

8 April 2025

Alexander-Ovechkin.

Ovechkin Breaks Gretzky’s NHL Record by Scoring 895th Goal

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Washington Capitals’ Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin on Sunday overtook Canada’s Wayne Gretzky as the top sniper in the regular championships of the National Hockey League (NHL) by scoring his 895th goal. The…

8 April 2025