Botswana, the world’s second largest diamond producer, ended 58 years of single-party dominance by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) last month, as incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi, who had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In May 2023, I undertook a two-week exploratory study in Botswana to investigate why. My findings, recently published in the ...

Botswana’s now-President-elect Duma Boko, of the Umbrella for Democratic Change, fills out a ballot paper inside a voting booth during the elections in Gaborone, Botswana, Oct. 30, 2024 (AP photo by ...

Diversifying Botswana’s diamond-dependent economy is now an “existential” task, Foreign Minister Phenyo Butale says, as President Duma Boko’s new government tries to turn the country’s political ...

Once celebrated as a stronghold of democracy and stability in Africa, Botswana is now displaying worrying signs of deterioration, as the nation grapples with economic and health challenges. Botswana's ...

MINSK, 27 September (BelTA) – Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxim Ryzhenkov and Botswana’s Minister of International Relations Phenyo Butale discussed the details of the first visit of the ...

Political parties that have governed for decades since African countries overthrew colonial rulers are now being challenged by frustrated young voters. By John Eligon and Yvonne Mooka John Eligon ...

MINSK, 2 July (BelTA) - Belarus offers Botswana equipment supplies, cooperation in agriculture and healthcare, Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Karankevich said at a meeting with Botswana’s ...

Gaborone — Former president, Dr Festus Mogae, who passed away last Friday, was a man who bent for no one: not international outcry, not public sympathy, nor political pressure. The ...