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Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Biden approves return of US troops to Somalia

US officials say President Biden has approved the redeployment of US troops in Somalia, reversing a decision by his predecessor Donald Trump.

BBC.COM . | 17 May 2022

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Burkina Faso: Former president sentenced to life over Sankara murder

A military tribunal in Burkina Faso has sentenced former President Blaise Compaore to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara.

BBC.COM . | 06 April 2022

South Africa: Ramaphosa ends Covid restrictions

South Africa has announced the ending of Covid restrictions, two years after they were imposed.

BBC.COM . | 05 April 2022

Tanzania opens auction for hunting of old wildlife

Tanzania is allocating wildlife hunting blocks through auction in a bid to raise more revenue.

BBC.COM . | 22 March 2022

China Eastern plane carrying 133 people crashes in Guangxi

A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 plane carrying 133 people on board has crashed in Guangxi province, Chinese state media is reporting.

Correspondent | 21 March 2022

Diébédo Francis Kéré: The first African to win architecture's top award

Burkino Faso-born architect, Diébédo Francis Kéré, has become the first African to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize, which is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture. His highly esteemed work, including permanent and temporary structures, has been erected in his country of birth, but also across Africa, Europe and the United States.

BBC.COM . | 17 March 2022

Namibia removes mandatory mask wearing mandate

Namibia's President Hage Geingob has announced that wearing of face masks will no longer be mandatory in public places.

BBC.COM . | 16 March 2022

Pierre Zakrzewski, left, worked as a cameraman for Fox News

Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist killed in Kyiv

A cameraman and a journalist working for Fox News have been killed in Ukraine, staff at the US network say.

BBC.COM . | 15 March 2022

Thousands of Mali's ancient transcripts go digital

Google has partnered with Mali’s traditional leaders to digitise tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts from the city of Timbuktu.

BBC.COM . | 10 March 2022

The Ukranian embassy said there was interest from Nigerians who want to fight with Ukranian forces

Nigerians banned from going to fight in Ukraine

Nigeria has said it will not allow its nationals to be enlisted to fight in Ukraine where Russian forces are bombing cities and rattling neighbourhoods with gunfire.

BBC.COM . | 07 March 2022

Russians feel the pain of international sanctions

BBC.COM . | 01 March 2022

Anger at treatment of Africans fleeing Ukraine

BBC.COM . | 28 February 2022

Russia conducts full scale Ukraine invasion

Katlego Isaacs | 25 February 2022

Ukraine conflict: Russian forces invade after Putin TV declaration

BBC.COM . | 24 February 2022

Burkina Faso to swear in junta leader as president

BBC.COM . | 16 February 2022

'Please-Call-Me' inventor in line for huge Vodacom pay-out

BBC.COM . | 10 February 2022

Khama family: Tshekedi, Anthony, Ruth Jacquline and Ian

Khama family mourns eldest kin

Following the news that Jaqueline Tebogo Khama, the firstborn to the late Sir Seretse Khama and Lady Ruth Khama, died at age 72, some of her family will mourn her death while in exile.

Air Botswana ERJ170 PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

CAAB grounds Air Botswana aircraft

The Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB), the body charged with the Regulation and Service Provision of Aviation in Botswana, today grounded the Air Botswana ERJ170 Aircraft, registration A2-ABM by suspending its Certificate of Airworthiness for Safety reasons.

IN HAPPIER TIMES: Former president Ian Khama and successor Mokgweetsi Masisi

Khama shifts reputational damage blame to Masisi

Following the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ revelation that former president Ian Khama has tarnished the image of Botswana through negative comments about the country, the latter has rubbished the claims in what is now becoming a game of buck-passing.

UDC NEC meeting highly-charged

PALAPYE: Botswana National Front (BNF) vice president Prince Dibeela over the weekend reportedly played a central role in ensuring that the Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is not expelled from the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) "for bringing the name of the coalition into disrepute".

How will the Masisi-Khama conflict end?

The night that former president of Botswana, Ian Khama, escaped under the cover of darkness into neighboring South Africa, marked a loss of innocence in Botswana’s usually stable, harmless politics. Tensions between Khama and his handpicked successor, current President Mokgweetsi Masisi, has spilled out into the open. It threatens to inflame tribal malaise and destabilise a country once known for its sparkling diamonds and thriving economy.

Lobatse mayor toppled

Over the weekend, the BDP councillors at Lobatse held a caucus to topple the mayor Essop Pandora and his deputy Tinny Dinoko. Both the mayor and deputy are alleged to be anti-Masisi since they support the area Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Thapelo Matsheka.

Ex-diplomat commits 250 years toward debt-clearance

A former diplomat who owes government of Botswana around P600,000 has committed to service the debt by paying P200 every month.

What about employees in private sector?

How can this be achieved when there already is little care about the working conditions of those within the private sector employ?For a long time, private sector employees have been neglected by their employers, not because they cannot do better to care for them, but because they take advantage of government's laxity when it comes to protecting and advocating for public sector employees, giving the cue to employers within the private sector...

The Monitor Editor | 23 May 2022

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