The former leader won praise for good governance and the fight against HIV/AIDS in the southern African nation.

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 ...

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 ...

There was a time in Botswana politics when the late former president Festus Gontebanye Mogae was not admired in opposition ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a political earthquake that almost no-one saw coming, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), in power since 1966, was consigned to a de- cisive defeat in October’s general election. The former ruling ...

A great light has gone out in Botswana and the nation's response to the demise of former Statesman Dr Festus Mogae is a massive outpouring of collective grief, profound respect as well as nationwide ...

MINSK, 6 June (BelTA) – On 5 June Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov hosted delegations from three African countries - Botswana, Ghana and Mozambique - headed by the agriculture ...