Botswana News API

Supported Countries - 165

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia And Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei

Bulgaria

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

DR Congo

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

French Polynesia

Gabon

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guatemala

Guinea

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Ivory Coast

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Libya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Netherland

New Zealand

Niger

Nigeria

North Korea

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Palestine

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Samoa

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Tonga

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States Of America

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Get headlines from Botswana with our JSON API.

🔑 Get API key for the Botswana News API

Country Parameter

The country paramter for the Botswana is BW.

Some example queries:

Below is the search query to fetch random 100 news-sources of Botswana.

https://newsdata.io/api/1/sources?country=bw&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

Some of the well known sources

Live Example

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make, and the JSON response you will receive, when you use the News API to get headlines from Botswana.

Headlines from Botswana

https://newsdata.io/api/1/latest?country=bw&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

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      • "title": "El embajador de Pakistán ante la ONU advierte a Nueva Delhi contra cualquier acción militar",
      • "link": "https://www.rfi.fr/es/asia-pacifico/20250503-el-embajador-de-pakist%C3%A1n-ante-la-onu-advierte-a-nueva-delhi-contra-cualquier-acci%C3%B3n-militar",
      • -
        "keywords": [
        • "asia pacifico"
        ],
      • -
        "creator": [
        • "© M.D. Mughal / AP",
        • "RFI"
        ],
      • "description": "Último intento de Pakistán de pedir una desescalada hacia India el 2 de mayo. Islamabad advirtió a la ONU de que se habían cortado los canales oficiales con Nueva Delhi. El embajador paquistaní ante Naciones Unidas repitió que tenía pruebas de los preparativos de maniobras militares ordenadas por el primer ministro indio, Narendra Modi, pero abogó por una diplomacia preventiva para evitar cualquier confrontación directa como la de 2019.",
      • "content": "Con Carrie Nooten, corresponsal de RFI en Nueva York Pakistán asegura que ha contactado a todos los actores internacionales posibles. Se ha reunido dos veces esta semana con el responsable de la ONU para tratar el asunto y pedirle que intervenga ante India. Incluso espera una posible mediación de Estados Unidos, que se lleva bien con ambos países. Pakistán sigue pidiendo una investigación independiente sobre el mortífero atentado de Cachemira. La tensión entre estas dos potencias nucleares se incrementó fuertemente desde el 22 de abril, cuando 26 personas murieron en un ataque la turística ciudad de Pahalgam, en la parte de Cachemira administrada por India. Pakistán aboga por la reanudación del diálogo para evitar una escalada que podría convertirse en un conflicto regional que podría afectar a casi 2.000 millones de civiles. El embajador Asim Iftikar Ahmad explica: \"Es totalmente plausible que se estén preparando para este tipo de acciones. Ya lo han hecho en 2019. Por eso advertimos de que cualquier agresión, desencadenaría una nueva dinámica a la que Pakistán se vería obligado a responder. Ya lo vimos en 2019, una escalada muy peligrosa. No queremos que vuelva a ocurrir\". En 2019, tras un ataque letal contra sus soldados, India realizó un ataque aéreo contra Pakistán, que respondió. Creciente tensión entre los dos vecinos Además, India “suspendió” tras el ataque en Cachemira su participación en el Tratado del Agua del Indo, que garantiza el acceso al agua a más de 40 millones de paquistaníes. Islamabad lo considera un acto de guerra. A pesar de los llamamientos internacionales a la distensión, las tensiones entre las dos potencias nucleares aumentan día a día, más de una semana después de que 26 civiles murieran en un atentado en Pahalgam, en la Cachemira controlada por India. Nueva Delhi acusó inmediatamente a Islamabad del ataque, que nunca fue reivindicado.",
      • "pubDate": "2025-05-03 09:13:37",
      • "pubDateTZ": "UTC",
      • "image_url": "https://s.rfi.fr/media/display/79f186f8-27c9-11f0-aa44-005056a90284/w:1024/p:16x9/AP25122475836094.jpg",
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      • "source_id": "rfi_fr",
      • "source_name": "Rfi",
      • "source_priority": 8490,
      • "source_url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/france",
      • "source_icon": "https://i.bytvi.com/domain_icons/rfi_fr.png",
      • "language": "spanish",
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        "country": [
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        • "namibia",
        • "guinea",
        • "rwanda",
        • "niger",
        • "south africa",
        • "djibouti",
        • "cape verde",
        • "chad",
        • "nigeria",
        • "benin",
        • "botswana",
        • "burundi",
        • "equatorial guinea",
        • "morocco",
        • "eritrea",
        • "gambia",
        • "lesotho",
        • "liberia",
        • "mauritius",
        • "seychelles",
        • "sierra leone",
        • "togo",
        • "tanzania",
        • "ethiopia",
        • "congo",
        • "central african republic",
        • "sudan",
        • "mozambique",
        • "ghana",
        • "madagascar",
        • "cameroon",
        • "somalia",
        • "senegal",
        • "zambia",
        • "malawi",
        • "mali",
        • "burkina fasco",
        • "ivory coast",
        • "uganda",
        • "angola",
        • "algeria",
        • "kenya",
        • "dr congo",
        • "libya",
        • "mauritania",
        • "tunisia",
        • "zimbabwe"
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      • -
        "category": [
        • "top"
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      • "sentiment": "neutral",
      • -
        "sentiment_stats": {},
      • -
        "ai_tag": [
        • "awards and recognitions"
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      • -
        "ai_region": [
        • "delhi,india,asia",
        • "delhi,delhi,india,asia",
        • "pakistan,asia",
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      • "article_id": "de55d39eca711bfaf07d26999b931091",
      • "title": "Togo: Faure Gnassingbé Rais wa Baraza chini ya katiba mpya",
      • "link": "https://www.rfi.fr/sw/afrika/20250503-togo-faure-gnassingb%C3%A9-rais-wa-baraza-chini-ya-katiba-mpya",
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        "keywords": [
        • "afrika"
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      • -
        "creator": [
        • "RFI",
        • "© Lewis Joly / AP"
        ],
      • "description": "Nchini Togo, awamu ya mwisho ya utekelezaji wa Jamhuri ya Tano inaendelea, mwaka mmoja baada ya kutangazwa kwa Katiba mpya Mei 6, 2024. Jana usiku, serikali iliwasilisha barua yake ya kujiuzulu, ambayo ilikubaliwa na Rais Faure Gnassingbe, kulingana na taarifa kwa vyombo vya habari. Mnamo Mei 3, wabunge wanaitwa kumteua rais wa baraza, ambaye atakuwa na mamlaka ya utendaji. Kwa pamoja na maseneta, watachagua Rais wa Jamhuri mwenye jukumu la heshima.",
      • "content": "Togo inakamilisha mpito wake kwa mfumo wa bunge, na kusitisha uchaguzi wa urais kwa upigaji kura wa moja kwa moja kwa wote. Mageuzi ambayo bado yanapingwa vikali na sehemu ya upinzani na mashirika ya kiraia. Hatua ya kwanza, leo Jumamosi, Mei 3 asubuhi: Wabunge wa Togo wanaitwa kumteua rais wa baraza hilo. Kama mkuu wa serikali na majeshi, ana mamlaka ya utendaji chini ya katiba mpya. Jukumu hili ni la kiongozi wa chama kilicho wengi katika Bunge, yaani kwa mkuu wa nchi, Faure Gnassingbe , ambaye ameongoza nchi tangu mwaka 2005. Uchaguzi wa wabunge wa mwaka jana ulikipa chama chake cha UNIR viti 108 kati ya 113 kwa muhula wa miaka sita. Matokeo bado yanapingwa na vyama kadhaa vya upinzani na mashirika ya kiraia. Kuapishwa Rais mpya wa Baraza kisha ataapishwa mbele ya Mahakama ya Katiba. Alasiri ya Mei 3, wabunge na maseneta watakutana katika kikao cha pamoja. Watamchagua rais mpya wa Jamhuri kwa kipindi cha miaka 4. Shughuli ambayo kimsingi imekuwa ya heshima. Kwa mujibu wa Katiba ya Jamhuri ya Tano, anateua mabalozi, anatoa tuzo, na kumpokea Rais wa Baraza ili ajulishwe hali ya taifa. Kwa upande wao, baadhi ya wapinzani wanapanga kuhamasishana Mei 4 kwa ajili ya mkutano.",
      • "pubDate": "2025-05-03 07:43:19",
      • "pubDateTZ": "UTC",
      • "image_url": "https://s.rfi.fr/media/display/c8a28bd4-27c5-11f0-9137-005056bfb2b6/w:1024/p:16x9/AP24128344577322%20(1).jpg",
      • "video_url": null,
      • "source_id": "rfi_fr",
      • "source_name": "Rfi",
      • "source_priority": 8490,
      • "source_url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/france",
      • "source_icon": "https://i.bytvi.com/domain_icons/rfi_fr.png",
      • "language": "swahili",
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        "country": [
        • "gabon",
        • "namibia",
        • "guinea",
        • "rwanda",
        • "niger",
        • "south africa",
        • "djibouti",
        • "cape verde",
        • "chad",
        • "nigeria",
        • "benin",
        • "botswana",
        • "burundi",
        • "equatorial guinea",
        • "morocco",
        • "eritrea",
        • "gambia",
        • "lesotho",
        • "liberia",
        • "mauritius",
        • "seychelles",
        • "sierra leone",
        • "togo",
        • "tanzania",
        • "ethiopia",
        • "congo",
        • "central african republic",
        • "sudan",
        • "mozambique",
        • "ghana",
        • "madagascar",
        • "cameroon",
        • "somalia",
        • "senegal",
        • "zambia",
        • "malawi",
        • "mali",
        • "burkina fasco",
        • "ivory coast",
        • "uganda",
        • "angola",
        • "algeria",
        • "kenya",
        • "dr congo",
        • "libya",
        • "mauritania",
        • "tunisia",
        • "zimbabwe"
        ],
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        "category": [
        • "top"
        ],
      • "sentiment": "neutral",
      • -
        "sentiment_stats": {},
      • -
        "ai_tag": [
        • "awards and recognitions"
        ],
      • -
        "ai_region": [
        • "republic,pennsylvania,united states of america,north america",
        • "togo,africa",
        • "republic,washington,united states of america,north america",
        • "republic,missouri,united states of america,north america"
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      • "ai_org": null,
      • "duplicate": false
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      {
      • "article_id": "141659f3c9738a84a35645fa665fa712",
      • "title": "DRC-Rwanda: Ufaransa ina nafasi gani katika mchakato wa upatanishi?",
      • "link": "https://www.rfi.fr/sw/afrika/20250503-drc-rwanda-ufaransa-ina-nafasi-gani-katika-mchakato-wa-upatanishi",
      • -
        "keywords": [
        • "afrika"
        ],
      • -
        "creator": [
        • "RFI",
        • "© RFI/Pierre René-Worms"
        ],
      • "description": "Wakati mazungumzo kati ya Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo na Rwanda yakiendelea chini ya mwamvuli wa Marekani na Qatar, swali moja linaendelea kuibuka. Kwa nini wajumbe wa Ufaransa wamekuwepo kwenye mikutano ya upatanishi kwa siku kadhaa? Ufaransa ina jukumu gani hasa katika upatanishi huu? Nchi ambayo inaonekana kujizuia, lakini bado iko sana katika hatua tofauti za mchakato. Je! ni aina gani halisi za ushiriki wa Ufaransa?",
      • "content": "Ufaransa inahusika katika ngazi kadhaa katika mchakato huu wa amani kati ya Kinshasa na Kigali, hata kama jukumu lake wakati mwingine halionekani sana kuliko lile la Marekani au Qatar . Kwanza, katika ngazi ya kisiasa, Emmanuel Macron amejihusisha binafsi mara mbili katika kujaribu upatanishi wa moja kwa moja kati ya Marais Félix Tshisekedi na Paul Kagame . Anaendelea kuwasiliana nao mara kwa mara, lakini pia hivi majuzi zaidi na Rais wa Togo Faure Gnassingbé, ambaye anawakilisha Umoja wa Afrika, AU . Ufaransa pia ni mmoja wa waanzilishi wa mchakato wa Doha. Kulingana na vyanzo vya kidiplomasia, mradi wa upatanishi hapo awali uliungwa mkono kwa pamoja na Paris na Doha. Jukumu kuu katika Umoja wa Mataifa Kiwango cha tatu cha ushiriki: Baraza la Usalama la Umoja wa Mataifa. Paris ina jukumu kuu hapa kama \"mmiliki wa kalamu\" wa DRC , nafasi ambayo ni karibu katikati ya Umoja wa Mataifa. Ni katika hali hiyo ambapo mwezi Februari mwaka jana, Ufaransa ilileta azimio lililopitishwa kwa kauli moja, ambalo linalaani wazi mashambulizi ya AFC/M23 na uwepo wa wanajeshi wa Rwanda nchini DRC. Hatimaye, ushiriki wa Ufaransa katika ngazi ya nne. Ufaransa iko katika kamati ya kimataifa ya ufuatiliaji, iliyoundwa ili kuunga mkono hatua za kufikia makubaliano ya amani. Kamati hii pia inajumuisha Marekani, Qatar na Togo, inayowakilisha Umoja wa Afrika.",
      • "pubDate": "2025-05-03 07:30:08",
      • "pubDateTZ": "UTC",
      • "image_url": "https://s.rfi.fr/media/display/61510956-a75e-11eb-9cd6-005056bff430/w:1024/p:16x9/France%20-%20Elys%C3%A9e%20-%20RDC%20-%20F%C3%A9lix%20Tshisekedi%20-%20Emmanuel%20Macron%203.jpg",
      • "video_url": null,
      • "source_id": "rfi_fr",
      • "source_name": "Rfi",
      • "source_priority": 8490,
      • "source_url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/france",
      • "source_icon": "https://i.bytvi.com/domain_icons/rfi_fr.png",
      • "language": "swahili",
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        "country": [
        • "gabon",
        • "namibia",
        • "guinea",
        • "rwanda",
        • "niger",
        • "south africa",
        • "djibouti",
        • "cape verde",
        • "chad",
        • "nigeria",
        • "benin",
        • "botswana",
        • "burundi",
        • "equatorial guinea",
        • "morocco",
        • "eritrea",
        • "gambia",
        • "lesotho",
        • "liberia",
        • "mauritius",
        • "seychelles",
        • "sierra leone",
        • "togo",
        • "tanzania",
        • "ethiopia",
        • "congo",
        • "central african republic",
        • "sudan",
        • "mozambique",
        • "ghana",
        • "madagascar",
        • "cameroon",
        • "somalia",
        • "senegal",
        • "zambia",
        • "malawi",
        • "mali",
        • "burkina fasco",
        • "ivory coast",
        • "uganda",
        • "angola",
        • "algeria",
        • "kenya",
        • "dr congo",
        • "libya",
        • "mauritania",
        • "tunisia",
        • "zimbabwe"
        ],
      • -
        "category": [
        • "top"
        ],
      • "sentiment": "neutral",
      • -
        "sentiment_stats": {},
      • -
        "ai_tag": [
        • "sports"
        ],
      • -
        "ai_region": [
        • "congo,paraíba,brazil,south america",
        • "rwanda,africa",
        • "qatar,asia",
        • "france,europe"
        ],
      • "ai_org": null,
      • "duplicate": false
      },
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      {
      • "article_id": "cd899fc3f25e31813b6be882e9bcf5a9",
      • "title": "DRC-Rwanda: Mchakato, ukiongozwa kwa sehemu na Washington, kupelekea kusainiwa kwa mikataba 3",
      • "link": "https://www.rfi.fr/sw/afrika/20250503-drc-rwanda-mchakato-ukiongozwa-kwa-sehemu-na-washington-kupelekea-kusainiwa-kwa-mikataba-3",
      • -
        "keywords": [
        • "afrika"
        ],
      • -
        "creator": [
        • "AP - Jacquelyn Martin",
        • "RFI"
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      • "content": "Kinshasa na Kigali kila moja ilitakiwa kuwasilisha, ifikapo Mei 2, vipengele vitakavyojumuishwa katika rasimu ya awali ya makubaliano ya amani. Hakuna mawasiliano yaliyofanywa na wajumbe hao wawili, ambao bado walikuwa wakifanyia kazi nakala zao jioni ya Mei 2. Mchakato huu wa kidiplomasia, ukiongozwa kwa sehemu na Washington, bado haujakamilika. Ni hatua katika mchakato unaojumuisha angalau mikataba mitatu. Mei 2 iliashiria awamu muhimu katika kujaribu kutatua mzozo mashariki mwa DRC, lakini mchakato bado unaendelea. Rasimu ya awali ya makubaliano ya amani ilipaswa kuwasilishwa. Kisha itachunguzwe na wataalam wa Kongo, Rwanda na Marekani.Rasimu hii ilipaswa kuendana na tamko la kanuni lililotiwa saini wiki moja mapema. Itafuata pointi kuu zilizoainishwa: uhuru wa eneo, mapambano dhidi ya vmakundi yenye silaha, biashara ya madini, suala la wakimbizi, ushirikiano wa kikanda na jukumu la vikosi vya kimataifa, haswa MONUSCO . Sauti kadhaa zimepazwa wiki hii zikitaka kuwepo kwa uwazi zaidi na ushirikishwaji katika mijadala hii chini ya uongozi wa Marekani . Kwa Profesa Martin Ziakwau Lembisa wa Chuo Kikuu cha Kikatoliki cha Kongo, ambaye maoni yake yalikusanywa na Alexandra Brangeon wa kitengo cha RFI kanda ya Afrika, tatizo la msingi tayari ni uwazi unaozingira mijadala inayohusisha mataifa. \"Tunaona kwamba hatua ya kuanzia sio kutambuliwa kwa uchokozi wa Rwanda dhidi ya DRC . Kwa hivyo, tunapuuza ukweli usiopingika na tunataka kujenga ukweli mwingine kwa kuzingatia mazingatio mengine, kimsingi ya hali ya kiuchumi. Ndio, tunaweza, kwa kuzingatia ukweli huu mpya, kwa shinikizo kutoka Marekani, kupata kuobdka kwa wanajeshi wa Rwanda kutoka eneo DRC, na mwisho wa harakati za M23 , haka kama itakumbukwa kwamba M23 sio kundi pekee lenye silaha mashariki mwa DRC. Kwa hiyo, hii ina maana kwamba hii haitoshi kutatua tatizo la msingi. Lakini hata hivyo, hii inaweza kuwa haitoshi ili kuhakikisha utulivu wa kudumu. Walakini, tunachohitaji ni kuunda mazingira ya azimio la kina la hali hiyo kwa suluhisho la kudumu. Lakini kama, katika harakati hizi za kutafuta hakikisho la usalama kwa Rwanda, kuna uwazi, kwa kuwa hakuna mawasiliano ya wazi juu ya jambo hili, hilo tayari linaleta tatizo.\" Mikataba mitatu yatarajiwa Mikataba mitatu inatarajiwa katika hatua hii kama sehemu ya upatanishi unaoongozwa na Marekani. Mkataba wa kwanza ni wa amani kati ya DRC na Rwanda, unaotarajiwa kutiwa saini mwezi Juni. Wakati huo huo, mikataba miwili ya kiuchumi baina ya nchi mbili lazima ikamilishwe na Washington. Wa kwanza inahusu DRC. Unatoa uwekezaji wa mabilioni ya dola na makampuni ya Marekani katika migodi ya Kongo na miundombinu inayohusiana. Mkataba wa pili kwa Rwanda. Unahusu ukuzaji wa uwezo wa usindikaji, uchenjuaji na uuzaji wa madini. Si muhimu kwa kiasi kuliko ile iliyotiwa saini na DRC, lakini inasalia kuwa muhimu katika usanifu wa jumla wa ushirikiano, kulingana na chanzo cha kidiplomasia. Kipengele cha ushirikiano kati ya Kinshasa na Kigali pia kinajadiliwa, kuhusu uchimbaji wa thamani wa madini. Madini yanayochimbwa nchini DRC yanapaswa kupitishwa kihalali kupitia Rwanda, ili kuchakatwa, kusafishwa na kusafirishwa hadi Marekani. \"Tunaweza pia kufikiria kwamba DRC pia itahusika katika kusafisha na kuongeza thamani ndani ya makampuni yaliyoanzishwa nchini Rwanda. \"Hakutakuwa na pande itakayopoteza,\" kinaongeza chanzo cha kidiplomasia. \"Mchezo wa Marekani\" Mikataba hii mitatu, ya kisiasa na kiuchumi, inategemeana, na yaliyomo bado yako mbali kukamilika. Wiki hii, sauti kadhaa zilipazwa dhidi ya \"mpango huu wa Marekani\" ambao ungehusisha uwekezaji dhidi ya usalama mashariki mwa nchi. Wengine wanaona kuwa ni uuzaji wa maliasili za nchi. DRC inaweza, hata hivyo, kunufaika kiuchumi kutokana na mpango huu, anabaini Profesa Martin Ziakwau Lembisa wa Chuo Kikuu cha Kikatoliki cha Kongo. Kuvutia uwekezaji wa Marekani kutachangia kiuchumi, hasa kwa kutoa ajira kwa Wakongo.",
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      • "content": "Na mwanahabari wetu mjini Johannesburg, Claire Bargelès Baada ya Tume ya Ukweli na Maridhiano (TRC), kuonekana kama mfano wa kuigwa miaka thelathini iliyopita, washukiwa wengi ambao hawakupewa msamaha hawakuwahi kufikishwa mahakamani. Lukhanyo Calata ni miongoni mwa ndugu wa wahasiriwa ambao wameanzisha kesi za kudai majibu kutoka kwa serikali ya Afrika Kusini . Babake, Fort Calata, aliuawa na polisi wa ubaguzi wa rangi mwaka wa 1985. Washukiwa wote katika kesi hiyo walifariki tangu wakati huo. Kwa hiyo Lukhanyo anatumai kuelewa ni kwa nini hapakuwa na kesi kamwe: \"Ni muhimu tuelezwe watu hawa ambao walituzuia kupata haki. Nchi inahitaji kujua ni nani anayehusika. Hadithi lazima ielezwe kwa ukamilifu.\" Kufuatia shinikizo hili, hatimaye Rais Cyril Ramaphosa alikubali kuanzishwa kwa tume hii ya uchunguzi, ili kutoa mwanga juu ya tuhuma za kuingiliwa kisiasa na serikali zilizopita za ANC . Hata hivyo, familia za waathiriwa hazitaki kusitisha taratibu za kisheria, hasa kupata fidia. Zaid Kimmie, mkurugenzi wa Shirika la Haki za Kibinadamu (FHR), anaunga mkono mpango huo: \"Tunatarajia hatua madhubuti kuhusu suala hili, na ndiyo maana tutaendelea na kesi mbele ya mahakama. Rais tayari ameonyesha kuwa atalipinga. Lakini tutavumilia na kuomba mahakama itoe uamuzi.\" Kundi hilo linatafuta karibu euro milioni 8 ili kufidia haki zake za kikatiba zilizokiukwa na kufadhili majaribio yajayo na hafla za kuwakumbuka ndugu zao.",
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      • "description": "The social media giant has challenged demands to pay $290m over regulatory violations.",
      • "content": "People in Nigeria may lose access to Facebook and Instagram after parent company Meta said it faced large fines and \"unrealistic\" regulatory demands from the Nigerian authorities. Last year, three Nigerian oversight agencies imposed fines on the US-based social media giant totalling more than $290m (£218m) for violating various laws and regulations. Meta was unsuccessful in a recent attempt to challenge the decisions in the federal high court in Abuja. \"The applicant may be forced to effectively shut down the Facebook and Instagram services in Nigeria in order to mitigate the risk of enforcement measures,\" the company said in the court papers. Meta also owns WhatsApp, but it did not mention the messaging service in its statement. The high court has given the company until the end of June to pay the fines. The BBC has asked Meta to outline what its next steps will be but has not yet received a response. Facebook is by far the most popular social media platform in Nigeria and is used by tens of millions in the country for daily communication and sharing news. It is also a vital tool for many of Nigeria's small online businesses. In July last year, Meta was asked to pay three fines: FCCPC chief executive officer Adamu Abdullahi said investigations carried out in conjunction with the data commission between May 2021 and December 2023 revealed \"invasive practices against data subjects/consumers in Nigeria\" but was not specific about what these were. In its court submission, Meta said its \"primary concern\" was with the data commission, which it accused of \"misinterpreting\" data privacy laws. Specifically, the commission has demanded that Meta seek prior approval before transferring any personal data out of Nigeria - a condition that Meta called \"unrealistic\". The data commission also imposed other demands. Meta was told it must provide an icon linking to educational videos about data privacy risks. This would be content created in collaboration with government-approved educational institutions and non-profit organisations. The NDPC insisted that these videos highlight the dangers of \"manipulative and unfair data processing\" that could expose Nigerian users to health and financial risks. Meta described the NDPC's demands as unfeasible, saying that the agency has failed to \"properly interpret the laws guiding data privacy\". Go to BBCAfrica.com for more news from the African continent. Follow us on Twitter @BBCAfrica , on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica",
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      • "title": "'I was born Ivorian' - bank boss barred from running for president tells BBC",
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      • "description": "Tidjane Thiam is challenging a court decision removing him from the electoral roll ahead of October's poll.",
      • "content": "Tidjane Thiam, a former international banker and the leader of Ivory Coast's main opposition party, has told the BBC that he will not give up his place on the presidential ballot without a fight. Last month, an Ivorian court ruled that the former Credit Suisse boss was not eligible to contest the poll, or even vote, because he had forfeited his Ivorian nationality when he acquired French citizenship in 1987. But this was strongly rejected by Thiam. \"The bottom line is, I was born Ivorian,\" he told the BBC. He also suggested that the ruling had been politically motivated. \"It's not for the regime to choose who runs opposition parties. It's not for the regime to eliminate opposition leaders,\" he said. \"I don't think anybody in the Ivory Coast believes that this is not a weaponisation of the legal system by the government.\" This was rejected by Ivory Coast's Information Minister Amadou Coulibaly. \"The court rules that at the time he was registered on that [electoral] list, he was not Ivorian,\" he told the BBC's Newsday programme on Friday. \"This is clear proof that this gentlemen does not know Ivory Coast... We have a problem with morality with Mr Thiam - he knew he was wrong,\" he added. Thiam told the BBC: \"What's happened is that they dug out a 1961 law that has never been applied to anybody. But in theory, it says that if you take another nationality, you lose your Ivorian citizenship.\" \"Most of the Ivorian football team is in the same case,\" he said. Although Thiam relinquished his French nationality in March to run in the election, the court found that his candidacy was invalid, given that he was not Ivorian when he first registered on the electoral roll. The 1961 nationality code states that: \"An Ivorian national of full age who voluntarily acquires or states that he possesses a foreign nationality shall lose Ivorian nationality.\" Thiam is now mounting a legal challenge. His disqualification came just a week after the centre-right Ivory Coast Democratic Party (PDCI) confirmed him as its presidential candidate. Outraged members of the party say they are suspending all parliamentary activity in protest at his disqualification. His supporters are still hopeful he could be readmitted as a candidate. The final electoral list for October's election is to be published on 20 June. Thiam was expected to challenge the ruling RHDP party currently led by Alassane Ouattara, who has been in power for 15 years. Ouattara was previously barred from running for president in the early 2000s on the grounds of nationality because of claims his parents were from Burkina Faso. Information Minister Coulibaly told the BBC that the nationality law had previously excluded a candidate who had French nationality, in 2011. \"[Thiam] blames the government for a decision taken by the court,\" he added. \"It's an insult to think that when you're in the West, you can comply with the rules, the laws of those countries, and then you arrive in your own country because you think you have power and connections, you can trample on all the texts, flout all the laws,\" said Coulibaly. But Thiam said his candidacy had rattled the government. \"This government has been in power for 15 years. Do they deserve five more? For me, that's what should be the focus of the presidential campaign, not my passport,\" he said. He also told the BBC that \"political incidents\" like this could lower investor confidence in the country. He recounted that a business associate once told him: \"I only invest in countries where I can sue the president's son and win.\" This, Thiam told the BBC, had stuck with him. Thiam comes from a long line of politicians. His great-uncle - Félix Houphouët-Boigny - was Ivory Coast's founding president. Four of his five brothers, including Thiam himself, have served as ministers under five different presidents. After becoming the first Ivorian to pass the entrance exam to France's prestigious Polytechnique engineering school, he returned to Ivory Coast and took up politics. In 1998, aged 36, he became planning minister before the PDCI was ousted from power in a coup the following year. He then moved abroad and pursued a largely successful business career. Thiam has held senior positions in leading international businesses like Aviva, Prudential and Credit Suisse. He quit the latter in 2020 following a spying scandal although he has been cleared of any involvement . In 2020, he was appointed as a special envoy for Covid-19 by the African Union. However, Thiam has faced criticism from political opponents for having been absent from Ivory Coast for 20 years, which they say means he has poor recognition among Ivorians. He believes, however, that his years outside his country have, in fact, helped build his profile at home. \"A lot of Ivorians watched my international career. The same way they watched the famous football players, they watched me, they knew me,\" he said. Thiam described himself to the BBC as \"a numbers guy\". \"Ivory Coast in 1999 was 125th in the world [In the UNDP Human Development Index]. We are now 166, so we're down 41 spots. We're among the bottom 30 countries in the world,\" said Thiam. He believes that this is as a direct result of years of political violence. \"The first sentence of my platform is an Ivory Coast at peace inside its borders and at peace with its neighbours,\" explained Thiam. \"Ivory Coast is a mosaic. You go to any part of the country, there are people on both sides of the border who are absolutely similar, speak the same language. So the only viable model for Ivory Coast is to get along well with its neighbours.\" Ivory Coast faces an increasing security threat from Islamist insurgents operating from bordering Mali and Burkina Faso. In February, France returned its last remaining military base to the Ivorian authorities, partly in response to anger in Ivory Coast over the perceived weakness of the French army in dealing with these groups. But Thiam denied there was any \"anti-French sentiment\" in Ivory Coast. \"I think what Africans are fed up with is governments that are corrupt and incompetent. When France aligns itself with corruption and incompetence, people will be anti-French and they're absolutely right to do so.\" \"Primarily, it's a problem for Africans. It's something we need to solve, and then the rest of the world will also be able to help us solve it. 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      • "content": "Russia, which is integrally connected to Europe, ensures its stability and prosperity The narrative around Russia’s role in European security has become increasingly distorted in recent decades. Once a central player in European geopolitics, Russia is now considered an outsider at best and an outright enemy at worst. Looking at Moscow through this narrowed prism has become the norm not the exception. It makes the focused observer wonder if European leaders really believe that much can be done without Russia, particularly security-wise.To say such a European view of Moscow is both unfair and short-sighted may be an understatement. It is only 80 years since the Soviet Union, of which Russia was the center, led the liberation of Europe from what was essentially the European evil of Nazism, which is coming back to haunt the old continent. Do current European leaders really forget such recent history or do they, intentionally, want to rewrite it to suit their current agendas and future Europe, in another generation or two? There is an irony here: while some European leaders are intentionally casting Russia as a “non-European” entity, the historical and practical reality paints a starkly different picture – where Russia is not only a European country but an essential player in ensuring the continent’s stability and prosperity. What cannot be changed is this: Russia is and will always be as European as France or Germany.Russia’s role in European securityAny serious debate about security in Europe is meritless and factitious without acknowledging Russia’s pivotal role. Throughout history Europe needed some kind of balancing powers between its internal powers (such as France and Germany), and Russia has been key in maintaining the balance of power on the continent. A case in point: had it not been for the Soviet Union defeating Nazi Germany, who knows what kind of Europe would have emerged from World War II? The Soviets sacrificed more than 27 million human lives – soldiers and civilians – to rid the world of Nazi Germany and help create a new Germany, even though Germany has never been fully denazified.The United States played a part in liberating Europe and some 190,000 of its soldiers were killed, but that does not make the US a natural ally of Europe more than Russia. After the war, Western Europe accepted US hegemony, but that does not change the fact that Russia is a European and neighborly country and should be part of any European context discussions. Read more Brutally murdered 13 years ago, this leader is only growing more beloved After the Cold War ended, Russia became even more important to be considered European than even the United Kingdom. The UK, eventually, chose to be an extension of America geopolitically and ended up threatening the EU had it not left the superficially harmonic union. Even the claim that shared values ​​unite Europe and America and Europe within NATO is more of a justification for excluding Moscow than a reality. What are the noble values the UK shared with America in invading Iraq or Afghanistan? Where are such shared values within the NATO alliance, led by the US, that compelled it to destroy Libya in 2011? In both cases Moscow was out of the calculation except as a potential adversary.This negative image of Moscow across much of Europe has been on the rise, becoming what the Russians rightly describe as “Russophobia,” taking a life of its own after the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine. Today many European leaders have reinforced this binary view of Russia as a threat, despite its historical and cultural ties to Europe. It seems that, in modern European politics, the question of Russia’s European identity is too often answered with a resounding “no.”The myth of Russia as a non-European countryPortraying Russia as a non-European country is an unfair characterization loaded with adversarial connotations. Who can deny the simple geographical fact that the Russian Federation is part of Europe and that Moscow lies firmly within Europe? Yet European school textbooks hardly count Moscow as a European capital city. Commonly, Russia in this context is described as the “other,” implying exclusion.General Charles de Gaulle, the founder of the Fifth French Republic, viewed Russia as an integral part of Europe. De Gaulle, one of the most respected leaders in modern Europe, understood the central role Russia plays in European affairs despite his occasionally fractious relationship with the Soviet Union. The late Russian thinker Alexander Solzhenitsyn, renowned for his criticism of the Soviet regime, went further in recognizing Russia’s importance for Europe. He said, “Our Russian experience is vitally important for the West” as a lesson and a model.“Russia is a part of European civilization, but it is also something more, something different, and we should not forget it.”In the ongoing discussions about European security in light of the apparent lack of enthusiasm in the US for NATO, one cannot help but ask the obvious question: Why is Russia excluded from such discussions? Do European leaders honestly and objectively think that a comprehensive European security is achievable without Russian contribution? Or could it be that the US for such a long time wanted European allies to believe that Russia is the real enemy and Moscow is indeed the immediate threat? This suspicious scenario could not be completely discounted but the problem now is with Washington, not Moscow.Moscow vs. Pristina Read more Forgotten heroes: How African soldiers fought in World War II Here is a comparison to further explain the point: compare the “Europeanness” of both Moscow and Pristina for what it implies in terms of belonging to “Europe”. Moscow is home to over 13 million people compared to Pristina’s estimated 200,000. Moscow is the centuries-old capital of a huge European and world power while Pristina is a capital of a partially recognized country starting from 2008. This implies cultural significance and historical centrality in European history. Moscow is over 2,000 square kilometres while Pristina is only one fifth of that. Yet, Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, is welcomed as a European capital. While many want Kosovo integrated into European structures, Moscow remains a political outsider. Or is it because Pristina, in a way, symbolizes European/NATO creation while Moscow is deeply entrenched in history that made it what it is today?Russians within the EU and NATOThe Russians living within the European Union present another reason why excluding Russia from discussions of European security is counterproductive. There are sizable Russian-speaking communities in EU countries like Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The alienation of Russia on the European stage has profound consequences for these communities, many of whom have the undeniable right to see themselves as part of both Russian and European traditions.Pushing Russia away, the EU is creating a sense of disconnection and disenfranchisement among its Russian-speaking citizens. It also leads to long-term resentment and division within the union, ultimately undermining European unity. After all, how can Europe claim to be unified if it excludes large swathes of its population from the conversation?For decades, the idea of European security has been tied to NATO and the US when in reality European security cannot be fully realized without Russia. Moscow, with its vast military capabilities and strategic position, is an essential part of any comprehensive European security framework.The EU and NATO may argue that Russia’s actions in Ukraine have made it an adversary. But this recent development is hardly the cause of such alienation, which started right after the collapse of the Soviet Union. A closer examination suggests that the real challenge lies not in Russia’s presence but in the failure of European leaders to constructively engage.The economic perspectiveEconomically, Europe minus Russia is equally detrimental. Russia, as Europe’s largest neighbor, used to be an important economic partner. The EU and Russia had significant trade relationships, particularly in energy. Russia supplied large portion of Europe’s natural gas and oil requirements, and European companies had important business interests in Russia. The EU accounted for some 37% of Moscow’s trade volume. The Nord Stream gas pipeline was indeed a lifeline for Europe. The situation changed after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, but that is a loss for both the EU and Russia. Read more Why Russia needs an independent Africa Furthermore, Russia’s vast resources and industrial capacity provide important opportunities for collaboration. In an era of global economic competition, Europe cannot afford to disregard a market as significant as Russia. By isolating Russia, Europe risks losing access to critical resources and cutting itself off from potential economic growth.Double standards: The US vs. RussiaThe final piece of this puzzle becomes clear when we look at the curious double standard European elites apply to the US and Russia. The US, despite its occasional unilateral actions and sometimes problematic foreign policy, is treated as an ally by the EU. Meanwhile, Russia, with its historical, cultural, economic, and geographical ties to Europe, is often demonized. Such bias is not only illogical but also counterproductive.Europe should reconsider its stance on Russia. While Russia has certainly made mistakes, as have many other countries, its exclusion from the European conversation is neither fair nor pragmatic. Europe needs to find a way to integrate Russia into the security and economic frameworks of the continent – otherwise, it risks creating an artificial divide that could have long-lasting consequences for both Europe and Russia.In his 1959 speech, General Charles de Gaulle said, “Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals,” before adding, “it is the whole of Europe [including Russia] that will decide the fate of the world.”",
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