Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat on Friday after preliminary results showed his party had lost its parliamentary majority by a landslide in this week’s election, ending ...

Botswana has sworn in Duma Boko as the country’s new president after his landslide election victory kicked out the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which had been in power for nearly 60 years.

UDC supporters were celebrating as the results came in overnight Voters in Botswana have rejected the country’s long-serving governing party in a result that marks a political earthquake in the ...

GABORONE, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Botswana's voters delivered a shock defeat to the party that has ruled them for nearly six decades, registering their anger over economic stagnation linked to a decline ...

Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo took a dig at American sprinter Noah Lyles after besting him for gold in the 200-meter final at the 2024 Olympics last Thursday.. Tebogo’s compatriots took things ...

GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Botswana authorities say at least nine people were confirmed dead Monday, as rare flooding hit the semi-arid country. More than 5,000 people have been affected by the floods ...

The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat diamond is the second-biggest ever discovered in a mine. It's the biggest diamond found since 1905. It weighs approximately half a kilogram.

Confident and well-mannered, Botswana's new President Duma Boko carries the traits of a highly trained human rights lawyer. The 54-year-old's thoughtful, fluent sentences speak of his legal ...

The diamond was so large that it obscured the face of Botswana’s president as he held it up for closer inspection on Thursday. President Mokgweetsi Masisi grinned as he lifted the diamond, a ...

Botswana opposition wins election; BDP ousted from power after 58 years. Mokgweetsi Masisi concedes defeat to Duma Boko after shock outcome for the long-governing Botswana Democratic Party.

LONDON -- Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has declared a public holiday Friday in honor of sprinter Letsile Tebogo's win in the men's 200 meters at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Tebogo raced to ...