At a recent conference, Africa’s largest journalist group, the Federation of African Journalists, passed a resolution condemning Israel’s deliberate targeting of journalists and news media organisations, and called on the international community to hold Israel accountable for its crimes against media workers. (Photo: Kojo Oppong Nkrumah/FAJ Twitter)
Africa’s journalists pledge solidarity with Palestinian media; demand action against Israel
African journalists’ leaders have called on the African Union and governments on the continent to unequivocally condemn Israel’s deliberate targeting of journalists and news media organisations, and hold Israel legally accountable for crimes committed against…
14 June 2021
Construction of China-aided Africa CDC progresses smoothly
The China-aided Africa CDC project in Addis Ababa, kicked off last December, is running smoothly with its foundation almost finished. The project covers an area of 90,000 square meters and is expected to be completed…
14 June 2021
Tanzania, Botswana pledge to strengthen bilateral relations
DAR ES SALAAM, June 10 (Xinhua)– Tanzania and Botswana on Thursday pledged to strengthen bilateral relations for the benefit of the peoples in the two countries. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Botswana President Mokgweetsi…
11 June 2021
Cuban-Ambassador-to-Botswana-H.E-Patricia-Guerra-in-white-flanked-by-reporters after a press conference she addressed at the Embassy offices in Partial, Gaborone
Ambassador Guerra calls on international Community to end six-decade long US Blockade against Cuba
By Ceasor Mouwane The Pan Afrikanist Watchman The United Nations General Assembly will on June 23rd, 2021 take a Resolution on the unilateral economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America…
11 June 2021
France-Algeria relations: The lingering fallout from nuclear tests in the Sahara
The continued fallout from the nuclear tests carried out by France in the desert of its former colony, Algeria, continues to pollute relations between the two countries more than 60 years later, as Maher Mezahi…
9 June 2021
‘Sorry’ still the hardest word, as EU steps up courtship of Africa
Sometimes it takes a little geopolitical competition to acknowledge the sins of the past. For years, relations between the European Union and African countries ticked along more or less nicely. The Lomé Convention, and the Cotonou Agreement which…
9 June 2021
The grave of Samuel Maharero, who led the Herero's fight against the German colonial army, is pictured in Okahandja, Namibia. More African countries are demanding official apologies and reparations from their former rulers
Is the tide turning on reparations to Africa?
More than 100 years after its crimes as the colonial power in Namibia, the German government last week formally apologized for the genocide that took place under its watch. In a “gesture of reconciliation,” Germany will give…
9 June 2021
It’s apartheid, say Israeli ambassadors to South Africa
“It is clearer than ever that the occupation is not temporary, and there is not the political will in the Israeli government to bring about its end.” During our careers in the foreign service, we…
8 June 2021
North Africa Sheds Some Dust
The millions of tons of dust lofted out of North Africa each year are a visual reminder of how Earth’s systems are interconnected. Dust blowing out of the Sahara fertilizes the surface waters of the Atlantic and…
8 June 2021
© UNICEF/Catherine Ntabadde Health workers on Bwama Island on Lake Bunyonyi in Uganda prepare to administer COVID-19 vaccines.
Risk of COVID-19 surge threatens Africa’s health facilities
Critical health facilities across Africa risk being overwhelmed by surging COVID-19 infections, the UN health agency said on Thursday. The appeal to the continent’s authorities to boost lifesaving facilities comes as the World Health Organization…
7 June 2021
