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Youth-led roomforlit launches cultural dialogue to expand literacy efforts in Indonesia
The Jakarta Post
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study by Central Connecticut State University ranked Indonesia 60th out of 61 in literacy, besting only Botswana. Literacy serves as the basis for individual development, societal progress and economic growth and therefore the country must do what...
CHINA CONVENES CROSS CULTURAL PROGRAMME FOR GLOBAL SOUTH JOURNALISTS
Lesotho News Agency
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August 22, 2025
Beijing, Aug 12 — The much anticipated media cross cultural initiative of China International Communication Centre (CIPCC) program has finally got into motion by formally welcoming journalists from around the globe during the activity staged at...
Botswana was once ‘at risk of extinction’ from HIV. Now it is a world leader in eliminating the virus in children
The Guardian
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August 22, 2025
At the turn of the century, HIV was so rampant in Botswana that politicians and doctors viewed it as an existential threat. One in eight infants were reported to be infected at birth, while rates of mother to child transmission either through...
Mental Health Advocacy Group Rola Pelo to launch in Botswana
Botswana Guardian Sun
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August 21, 2025
A South African mental health advocacy group is set to make its debut in Botswana, aiming to confront rising concerns around depression, suicide, and gender-based violence through community engagement and culturally sensitive outreach. The Rola...
You tube ,Tiktok popular among children
MMEGI
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August 21, 2025
According to the survey, 45.9% of households with children under 15 who have internet access, YouTube, search engines and Tiktok are the most popular platforms. On the downside, television ownership dropped to 54.8% from 60.3% in 2014 while radio...
Brave Warriors fans travelling to Botswana to sign indemnity forms
Windhoek Observer
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Erasmus Shalihaxwe The Namibia Football Association (NFA) has directed that all supporters travelling to Botswana to back the Brave Warriors must sign an indemnity form before boarding government-sponsored buses. NFA interim secretary general...
Reclaiming African identity: Grounding Pan-African Unity in cultural and ethnic authenticity
Business and Financial Times
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August 20, 2025
By Ben Brako Pan-Africanism, as a political and cultural ideal, has long sought to unify the continent’s diverse peoples under a shared vision of liberation, development, and solidarity. Yet despite decades of effort, the dream of continental...
GENDER-AWARE JOURNALISM TAKES CENTER STAGE IN GABORONE
Lesotho News Agency
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August 19, 2025
by LENAAugust 19, 2025August 19, 2025024 Share0 Gaborone, Aug. 18 — Journalists from Lesotho and Botswana gathered in Gaborone this week for a training focused on boosting gender-aware reporting skills and increasing women’s voices in the media....
GENDER EQUALITY IN MEDIA CRUCIAL-DUBE
Lesotho News Agency
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August 18, 2025
by LENAAugust 18, 2025August 18, 2025010 Share0 GABORONE — Gender in Media Activist, also a facilitator for Media Parity Capacity Building Programme Pamela Dube says gender equality in media is crucial. This she said during a five-day...
African Teachers Gather in South Africa for Holocaust Education Training Amid Rising Antisemitism
Algemeiner Journal
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August 19, 2025
A weeklong training program in South Africa brought together teachers from across the African continent to learn how to teach World War II and the Holocaust, an initiative aimed at promoting understanding amid rising antisemitism and anti-Israel...
ICE agents in Maine arrest local pastor who supported immigrant community
The Portland Press Herald - Maine
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August 19, 2025
A local pastor, who came to the U.S. seeking asylum nearly a decade ago and lives in Westbrook, was taken into custody by immigration officials last week, according to his family. Michel Tshimankinda was leaving with his wife from her workplace on...
Video of General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi discussing immigration sparks debate
Briefly
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August 19, 2025
KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi sparked a debate with recent comments about immigration Mkhwanazi discussed the patterns of immigration between South Africa and countries like Eswatini and Botswana Netizens debated...
Ngwao Letshwao takes its rich folk dance to Italy
MMEGI
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August 22, 2025
The local dance troupe, which specialises in cultural tourism and folk arts, is on a 17-day trip in Italy at the invitation of the International Council of Organisations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts (CIOFF). The group leader and director,...
Zambian Bishop Urges Pan-African Renewal Through Youth and Education
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
Reverend Trevor Mwamba, Anglican Bishop and president of Zambia’s liberation party UNIP, has challenged Africa to reinvent Pan-Africanism for a skeptical young generation. Speaking on Ghana’s Asaase Breakfast Show, Mwamba warned that traditional...
Youth activist calls for probe into potential human trafficking scheme targetting African girls
Zambia Reports
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August 18, 2025
By Richard Lamu “I applied for the Alabuga Start Programme but with what I have read so far, I am having second thoughts; I don’t think I would go if they accept me,” 21-year-old Chileshe (not her real name) told Zambia Reports. A graduate of...
NFA rolls out buses to Botswana for Brave Warriors fans
Windhoek Observer
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Erasmus Shalihaxwe The Namibia Football Association (NFA), together with the ministry of education, youth, sports, innovation and arts and culture, will provide buses for fans travelling to Francistown, Botswana, to watch the Brave Warriors’ World...
Poverty identified as key driver of human trafficking
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
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Poverty has been singled out as a main contributing factor to human trafficking. This was mentioned during the commemoration of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons at Kaenda in the Zambezi Region. Speaking at the event, the Chairperson of...
Botswana Boxing’s New Leaders Eye Global Comeback
Botswana Gazette
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August 14, 2025
Newly-elected BoBA president Dirang Thipe says his committee aims to restore the sport’s reputation and competitiveness by “going back to the basics and moving forward with structure and accountability” TLOTLO KEBINAKGABO After several years...
Chinese community in Botswana marks victory of World Anti-Fascist War
Xinhua News Agency
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GABORONE, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese community in Botswana held a symposium here on Saturday to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War....
Foetus found in trashbag in Mmopane Block1
The Voice
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August 22, 2025
In the latest case of infant dumping, a foetus was found discarded in a plastic trashbag in Mmopane Block 1 at around 0700hrs on Tuesday morning. Startled residents made the disturbing discovery after spotting dogs dragging the bag along the...