Botswana has a peaceful multi-party democratic tradition, with general elections held every five years. The latest elections took place on October 30, 2024, and led to a change of the ruling party.

The foreign minister's call for more EU-led investment comes amid a 37% trade tariff imposed by the Trump administration on Botswana, one of the hardest-hit nations in Africa.

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The Botswana government signed a new diamond sales agreement crucial to its economy with the De Beers mining company on Tuesday after seven years of negotiations. The deal ...

Botswana’s economy is forecast to grow 3.3% this year after a contraction in 2024, due to an expected recovery in the global diamond market, its finance minister said on Monday, echoing calls to ...

HA5AO will be active as A25AO from Chobe National Bank, Botswana, 24 September - 4 October 2024. He will operate on 80 - 6m, CW, SSB, FT8. Recent DX Spots A25AO A25AO Log search Search QSL via home ...

Botswana, often held up as one of Africa’s greatest success stories, ranks among the wealthiest and most stable democracies on the continent. But a global downturn in demand for mined diamonds ...

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana votes in a national election this week that will decide if the ruling party extends a 58-year stretch in power in a southern African country that is a leading ...

According to GlobalData, Botswana is the world’s second-largest producer of diamonds in 2023, with output down by 1.43% on 2022. Over the five years to 2022, production from Botswana increased by a ...

Botswana Diamonds has announced it will begin using AI software on its Botswana database to increase its efficiency when searching for new diamond deposits and other precious materials. The company, ...

Once one of the poorest countries in the world, Botswana has experienced growth and development post-independence at a pace second to none. Today, Botswana stands as the least corrupt nation in ...

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amid a dispute over the import of hunting trophies. ”Twenty thousand elephants for Germany, this is ...

Police found pregnant Savanah Soto and boyfriend Matthew Guerra dead three days after she was scheduled to give birth. Three arrests have been made and a 19-year-old man is charged with murder.