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FILE: Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi. Picture: AFP.

Botswana

Botswana's President Masisi tests positive for COVID

By AFP

A government statement said the test had been carried out as a matter of routine.

  • Activists carry a rainbow flag outside the Botswana High Court on 12 October 2021 where they gathered to listen to the court proceedings as the goverment of Botswana appeals against the Botswana High Court ruling to decriminalise homosexuality. Picture: Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP

    Botswana top court hears homosexuality appeal

    The country's High Court in 2019 ruled in favour of campaigners seeking to strike down prison sentences for same-sex relationships, declaring them unconstitutional.

    220 days ago
  • A member of the Botswana cabinet holds a 1,174-carat diamond in Gaborone, Botswana, on July 7, 2021, that Canadian mining firm Lucara found during an 11-day production run in June 2021. Picture: Monirul Bhuiyan / AFP.

    Botswana unearths second huge diamond in weeks

    The latest find, which fills the palm of a man's hand, was discovered on June 12 by Canadian Diamond firm, Lucara and presented to the country's cabinet in the capital Gaborone on Wednesday.

    316 days ago
  • Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi (R) holds a gem diamond in Gaborone, Botswana, on 16 June 2021. Botswanan diamond firm Debswana said on 16 June 2021 it had unearthed a 1,098-carat stone that it described as the third largest of its kind in the world.
The stone, found on 1 June 2021 was shown to President Mokgweetsi Masisi in the capital Gaborone. Picture: AFP

    Botswana says found world's 'third largest' diamond

    The stone, found on 1 June, was shown to President Mokgweetsi Masisi in the capital Gaborone.

    338 days ago
  • The presidents of Mozambique, South Africa, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana attend the SADC Extraordinary Double Troika to discuss insecurity in the region on 27 May 2021. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Regional talks end with no solid plan to quell jihadist violence in Mozambique

    The talks had been widely expected to decide on a reported proposal to deploy some 3,000 soldiers to Cabo Delgado, where insurgents have seized control of towns and villages, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes.

    358 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Extraordinary Double Troika Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held in Maputo, Republic of Mozambique, on 8 April 2021. The summit deliberated measures to address terrorism in the Republic of Mozambique. Picture: GCIS.

    Southern African leaders to hold summit on jihadist threat

    The meeting is expected to discuss the possibility of SADC deploying 3,000 troops to battle the insurgents.

    359 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.com

    Botswana bans SA poultry products following bird flu outbreak

    The outbreak of H5 Avian Influenza was recently detected at a chicken farm in Ekurhuleni.

    401 days ago
  • FILE: In 2014, it initiated a blanket ban on hunting to reverse a decline in the population of elephants and other species, but lifted the restriction five years later. Picture: freeimages.com

    Botswana trophy hunting season opens after COVID hiatus

    Licences have been issued to kill 287 elephants, the biggest category of animals, according to the authorities.

    409 days ago
  • Some of the critically-endangered vultures found dead from suspected poisoning in Botswana's northeastern Makgadikgadi wetlands. Picture: BirdLife Botswana/Facebook

    Botswana probes as dozens of endangered vultures found dead

    The white-backed vulture is listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) 'red list' of critically-endangered bird species.

    569 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    At least 40 white-backed vultures poisoned in Botswana

    Vultures play a critical role in keeping ecosystems clean of diseases found in rotting carcasses, but in Southern Africa, they are sometimes poisoned deliberately by poachers, or accidentally by farmers.

    573 days ago
  • Report: Money laundering allegations against Motsepe-Radebe, Khama untrue

    An investigation into allegations of money laundering against former Botswana President Ian Khama and South African businesswoman Bridgette Motsepe-Radebe has concluded that the claims were fabricated. This has been confirmed by international business intelligence firms Omnia and Alaco. EWN reporter Nthakoana Ngatane speaks to Omnia director and lawyer Cherie Blair.

    639 days ago
  • FILE: Former Botswana President Ian Khama during a press conference in Johannesburg on 12 December 2019. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Khama: Masisi’s regime is capable of rigging elections in Botswana

    Former Botswana President Ian Khama on Wednesday said the country’s government was trying to legitimise itself by tarnishing his reputation and other implicated persons to settle petty political scores.

    639 days ago
  • FILE: Bridgette Motsepe-Radebe at a press briefing on 31 October 2019. Picture: Nthakoana Ngatane/EWN

    Report says money laundering claims against Motsepe-Radebe, Khama fabricated

    This has been confirmed by international business intelligence firms Omnia and Alaco.

    639 days ago
  • This image provided on 3 July 2020 courtesy of the National Park Rescue charity shows the carcass of one of the many elephants which have died mysteriously in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Picture: AFP

    Botswana elephant deaths tests inconclusive but poisoning not ruled out

    The landlocked southern African country has the world's largest elephant population, estimated to be about 130,000. Around 300 of them have been found dead since March.

    651 days ago
  • Picture: AFP

    Botswana says natural toxin could be behind elephant deaths

    It was highly unlikely that an infectious disease was behind the shocking deaths of at least 281 elephants, added Cyril Taolo, acting director of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks.

    659 days ago
  • This image provided on 3 July 2020 courtesy of the National Park Rescue charity shows the carcass of one of the many elephants which have died mysteriously in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Picture: AFP

    Botswana finds more dead elephants, says test results due this week

    Officials told reporters near the Okavango Delta on Thursday that they had now verified 281 carcasses and that the deaths were concentrated in an area of 8,000 square km that is home to about 18,000 elephants.

    680 days ago
  • Picture: AFP

    Botswana reports mysterious deaths of hundreds of elephants

    Similar deaths were first reported in May when authorities found 12 carcasses in just a week in two villages in the northwest of the country.

    687 days ago
  • FILE: Bridgette Motsepe-Radebe at a press briefing on 31 October 2019. Picture: Nthakoana Ngatane/EWN

    Bridgette Motsepe-Radebe to sue over Botswana money laundering claims

    Allegations that she laundered $10 billion from Botswana surfaced again after AfriForum announced that it had been appointed by Botswana to prosecute Motsepe-Radebe.

    695 days ago
  • FILE: A man receives hand sanitiser as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus before boarding a taxi in Gaborone on 21 May 2020. Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi ended the 48-day national lockdown on 21 May 2020 but kept some restrictions, including movement between regions. Picture: AFP

    Botswana capital back on lockdown after new COVID-19 cases

    President Mokgweetsi Masisi declared another localised lockdown this week as the number of new cases increased in the capital.

    705 days ago
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