AFC Insurance Collaborates With Botswana Firm
The Herald
AFC Insurance is collaborating with Phoenix Insurance Company of Botswana to map out ways of boosting agricultural production in both countrie, a development expected to boost… Read more »
Botswana Objects to G7-EU Diamond-Tracking System
VOA
African diamond producers, led by Botswana, are demanding a review of the tracking and verification system that European Union and G7 nations introduced March 1. Read more »
Rising Perceptions of Corruption, Weak Trust, and Low Approval Ratings Mark Batswana Assessments of Their President
Afrobarometer
Proportion of citizens who see most Presidency officials as corrupt has almost quadrupled over the past decade. Read more »
Botswana Rejects Controversial UK Proposal On Asylum-Seekers
VOA
Botswana says it has rejected a proposal to accept asylum-seekers from the United Kingdom, an arrangement similar to the one Rwanda has agreed to. Read more »
Botswana Churches Oppose Gay Rights Proposal
VOA
A coalition of churches in Botswana has voiced its opposition to parliament's latest effort to amend the constitution to include gay rights. Read more »
Why Botswana Speedster Tebogo Opted Out of Omanyala Showdown At Kip Keino Classic
Capital FM
World 100m silver medalist Letsile Tebogo says this weekend's Kip Keino Classic was not the right time for him to compete in the men's 100m. Read more »
Presidents Ramaphosa and Masisi Visit Limpopo Bus Crash Site
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the quick and compassionate local response to the bus crash which claimed the lives of 45 Botswana nationals is a testament of the warm and… Read more »
Fossil Beetles Found in a Botswana Diamond Mine Help Us to Reconstruct the Distant Past [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
When most people think of fossils they probably picture bones. But there's much more to the global fossil record: plants, shells, minerals and insects. The study of fossil insects… Read more »
President Ramaphosa, President Masisi to Visit Bus Accident Site in Limpopo
SAnews.gov.za
President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Botswana counterpart, President Mokgweetsi Masisi, will on Thursday visit the site of a bus accident in Limpopo that claimed the lives of 45… Read more »
Botswana Leads Calls On G7 Countries to Review Diamond Tracking Initiative
VOA
Africa's leading diamond producer, Botswana, has written to the Group of Seven leading industrial countries seeking to reverse an initiative requiring all producers to send gems to… Read more »
Mbumba Sends Condolences to Botswana After Death of 45 Nationals
Namibian
President Nangolo Mbumba has conveyed a message of condolences to the president of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi, following the death of 45 Batswana in a bus accident in South… Read more »
Limpopo Bus Accident - South Africa's Interpol Office Confirms All 46 Passengers Were Botswana Citizens - Search for More Bodies Underway [press release]
SAPS
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