Turkish Government ready to develop a high standard of education and growth opportunities for Batswana
Applications for Turkish Government’s Scholarship Programme open until 20 February 2022 The Pan Afrikanist Watchman A once-in-a-year opportunity has opened for interested international Batswana students and researchers to apply for the Turkish Government’s Scholarship Programme…
21 January 2022
The Queen Mother, Mma Seingwaeng (left) arrives at Kgabutle in Moruleng, South Africa with Mohumagadi Mma Matshego during Heritage Day, 2019
BaKgatla baga Kgafela Queen Mother Mma Seingwaeng, 79, succumbs in Sidilega Hospital
Pako Lebanna As Kathleen Nono Kgafela breathed her last at a private hospital in Gaborone on Sunday, January 16, a universally respected royal figure passed on. Known by her royal name Mohumagadi Mma Seingwaeng, she…
18 January 2022
Kenya's-President-Uhuru-Kenyatta-meets-Chinese-Foreign-MInister-Wang-Yi.
A Trip of Tradition, A Commitment to Cooperation
— The 32nd New Year Visit to Africa by Chinese Foreign Minister Yi Xin A promise made, a promise kept On the morning of the first working day of the New Year, Chinese State Councilor…
12 January 2022
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raychelle Awuor Omamo
Kenya-China trade dates back 600 years
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The pictures of ancient Chinese coins unearthed in Kenya show that the exchanges between the two countries can be traced back to more than 600 years ago when the great Chinese…
11 January 2022
Sudan PM Abdalla Hamdok
Sudan coup: Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigns 6 weeks after reinstatement
Richard Kwame Krah Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned just six weeks after his reinstatement by the military regime. He tendered in his resignation in a televised address to the citizens on Sunday, January…
3 January 2022
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - DECEMBER 18: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C), President of Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi (L) and African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat (R) pose for a photo ahead of a joint press conference within the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit in Istanbul, Turkey on December 18, 2021. ( Murat Kula - Anadolu Agency )
Turkey and AfCFTA Secretariat signed MoU during 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit was held on December 16-18, 2021 in Istanbul with the theme ‘Enhanced Partnership for Common Development and Prosperity’. The summit was the most comprehensive Africa-themed international…
24 December 2021
The former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ian Kirby was elevated to the position by then President Ian Khama
Judge Ian Kirby’s contribution to Botswana’s law is undeniable – Prof. Justice Dingake
By Justice Professor Key Dingake Justice Kirby hanged his judicial robes at the end of November 2021 after many years of distinguished service. Born in 1945, the content of his jurisprudence was in many respects…
22 December 2021
The world is her oyster - Queen Palesa
90 more days before Queen Palesa struts Miss World ramp
The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The abrupt postponement came as a shock! It was late Thursday when news of the postponement of the Miss World Grand Finale, was announced hardly hours before the much-anticipated spectacle could…
16 December 2021
Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, Hon,. Adv. Jacob Mudeda
SADC Parliament will not undermine the supreme authority of the SADC Summit
By Hon. Advocate Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda (Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe) “The Windhoek Initiative and the birth of the SADC Parliamentary Forum: Celebrating the emergence of the voice of Parliaments in SADC Regional…
13 December 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping
China will provide another one billion doses of vaccines to Africa – Xi Jinping
by H.E. Xi Jinping At the Opening Ceremony of the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Dakar, Senegal, on the 29th of November 2021, Chinese President, H.E. Xi Jinping announced…
29 November 2021
