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Coronavirus: Botswana Cabinet, MPs placed in quarantine
By Ian Omondi, 1347, April 9, 2020 (EAT)
The entire Cabinet as well as Members of Parliament of Botswana are set to be placed under quarantine for 14 days after it emerged that a health offic...

Botswana , coronavirus , COVID-19 , parliament
Botswana kills five suspected poachers in effort to save Rhinos
By VOA, 1042, April 4, 2020 (EAT)
Botswana has seen an unprecedented rise in rhinoceros poaching in the last 12 months. The government reports nearly 50 of the animals have been kil...

botswana executes poachers , Botswana poaching
Botswana President Eric Masisi self-isolates after trip to Namibia
By Agencies, 835, March 23, 2020 (EAT)
Botswana President Eric Masisi is in self-isolation for 14 days after a trip to Namibia where three people tested positive for the novel coronavirus. ...

coronavirus , masisi
Uhuru invites Botswana investors to set up shop in Kenya
By PSCU, 931, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has invited Botswana investors to set up shop in Kenya and explore the emerging trade and investment opportunities. The Pr...

Botswana , Mokgweetsi Masisi , Uhuru
Kenya, Botswana open new chapter of cooperation with three key pacts
By PSCU, 2124, July 23, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya and Botswana on Tuesday signed three key agreements, opening a new chapter of cooperation between the two African countries. The agreements w...

Botswana , DP William Ruto , President Mokgweetsi Masisi , President Uhuru Kenyatta , state visit
Botswana President Masisi set for three-day State Visit to Kenya
By Ian Omondi, 1227, July 22, 2019 (EAT)
Botswana President Eric Mokgweetsi Masisi is set to arrive in Kenya on Monday for a three-day State Visit. According to a statement to newsrooms by...

President Eric Mokgweetsi Masisi , President Uhuru Kenyatta , state visit
Botswana seeks to overturn court ruling allowing gay sex
By Reuters, 1359, July 6, 2019 (EAT)
Botswana’s government will appeal a high court ruling which decriminalized homosexuality, potentially resuscitating a law that punished gay sex by u...

Botswana , court ruling , gay marriage , homosexuality , same sex
Botswana scraps anti-gay sex laws
By CNN, 1719, June 11, 2019 (EAT)
Botswana's High Court has overturned a colonial-era law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations in a landmark victory for Africa's LGBTQ movements...

Botswana , decriminalizing gay sex
Botswana lifts ban on big game hunting
By Reuters, 1936, May 23, 2019 (EAT)
Botswana, home to almost a third of Africa’s elephants, lifted a ban on big game hunting on Wednesday, citing growing conflict between humans and wi...

Botswana , Elephants , game hunting , Mokgweetsi Masisi
Botswana court to hear case against criminalisation of gay sex
By Reuters, 900, March 14, 2019 (EAT)
Botswana’s High Court will hear on Thursday a case challenging the criminalisation of gay sex, offering campaigners a rare chance to argue for lesbi...

gay sex
Botswana has ‘significant elephant-poaching problem,’ conservation group says
By CNN, 1103, March 5, 2019 (EAT)
Botswana, long considered a safe haven for elephants in Africa, has "a significant elephant-poaching problem," according to a conservationist group th...

Botswana
Botswana offers Zimbabwe $600 million of loans: report
By Reuters, 1144, February 26, 2019 (EAT)
Botswana has offered to lend Zimbabwe $600 million to support its diamond industry and local private firms, a state-owned newspaper reported on Tuesda...

Botswana , Emmerson Mnangagwa , Mokgweetsi Masisi , Zimbabwe
Former Botswana president feuds with government over Trump
By VOA, 2011, December 31, 2018 (EAT)
Donald Trump is a contentious topic in Botswana, where the government is uneasy over a former leader's harsh criticism of the American president. T...

Botswana , Donald Trump
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta pushes for protection of elephants
By PSCU, 1941, October 11, 2018 (EAT)
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta on Thursday shared the stage with African Presidents and British Royals to advocate for the protection of elephants in Af...

Elephant Protection Initiative , First Lady Margaret Kenyatta , Hands Off Our Elephants Initiative , Prince William Arthur , resident Ali Bongo Obimba
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta says Kenya keen to end illegal wildlife trade
By PSCU, 1536, October 11, 2018 (EAT)
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has affirmed Kenya’s leadership and commitment to eradicate illegal trade in wildlife across the world. The First La...

Margaret Kenyatta , Wildlife trade
China to write off Ksh.740M Botswana loan after taking over Sri-Lanka port
By Agencies, 1206, September 12, 2018 (EAT)
China has agreed to extend a loan to Botswana for rail and infrastructure as well as writing off a BWP 80 million (Ksh.740million) debt. Also Read:...

china , china loans , debt
President Kenyatta congratulates new Botswana president
By PSCU, 1400, April 2, 2018 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has congratulated incoming President Mokgweetsi Masisi following his assumption of office as the President of the Republic of...

Botswana , President Mokgweetsi Masisi , President Uhuru Kenyatta