Q&A: Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo on his Olympic triumph; African sprinters | Athletics News
Tebogo talks to Al Jazeera about breaking the American and Jamaican dominance, and the future of sprinting in Africa.Doha, Qatar – Loud cheers greeted Letsile…
‘Cheapest’ African country to visit in May with £2 pints and bargain hotels
New data has revealed the best time to visit Botswana for a budget-friendly getaway, with hotels offering up major discounts in May - and pints…
Africa HIV deaths to mount, as Trump stops funding. Here’s why | HIV/AIDS News
United States funding cuts to HIV/AIDS programmes in many African countries could lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent, health experts and…
Diamond-Dependent Botswana Needs Economic Reset, New Leader Says
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessBotswana’s government will develop new industries, dismantle the state power utility to foster private investment and increase concessional borrowing as part of…
Southern Africa’s liberation movements have lost their political mojo | Opinions
On December 3, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) announced that Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of the ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) party, has emerged victorious…
Botswana, Mozambique & Tanzania complete Afcon 2025 field
Botswana, Mozambique and Tanzania become the final three qualifiers for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. Source link
Botswana swears in Duma Boko as new president | Elections News
Boko, 54, inaugurated just nine days after his party beat the Botswana Democratic Party, which governed for six decades.Botswana has sworn in Duma Boko as…
Botswana president concedes election, ending his party’s 58-year rule | Politics
NewsFeedBotswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has conceded election defeat, bringing the ruling party’s 58-year hold on power to an end. Early results put the ruling BDP…
Botswana’s ruling party loses power after six decades, early results show | Elections News
President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s Botswana Democratic Party loses parliamentary majority in shock defeat.Botswana’s governing party has suffered a shock election defeat after nearly six decades in…
Botswana elections: Ruling party seeks to extend 58 years in power | Elections News
Botswana Democratic Party remains a favourite despite slow economic growth caused by declining demand for diamonds.Botswana is voting in a general election in which President Mokgweetsi…
Botswana election: Who is in the running and what’s at stake? | Elections News
In the midst of a punishing drought and a massive drop in diamond revenue, up to 1 million eligible voters in Botswana are heading to…
Monday 30 September Botswana Day in Botswana
In the late nineteenth century, the Tswana inhabitants in the region were being attacked by tribes from the north-east and threatened by the advancing Dutch…
World’s second largest diamond found in Botswana | Mining News
X-ray technology used to find the 2,492-carat stone in the African country’s Karowe Diamond Mine.A 2,492-carat diamond – the second largest in the world –…
Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany | Environment News
President Mokgweetsi Masisi offers to send the animals as a ‘gift’ to Berlin amid a dispute over hunting trophies. Botswana’s president has threatened to send…
At least 45 people killed after bus plunges into South Africa ravine | transport News
An eight-year-old girl survived and was airlifted to hospital in serious condition. A bus has plunged off a bridge into a ravine in South Africa,…
Is the Kenyan government doing enough to act against femicide? | TV Shows
With women killed at alarming rates in Kenya, is the government doing enough to end gender-based violence? On January 27, thousands of protesters took to…