Botswana used its mineral wealth to slash poverty. But now, lab-grown diamonds are threatening the future of its biggest ...

Explorer shelves long-time pursuit of gems, switching focus to in demand copper as lab-grown product undermines diamond ...

During JCK 2024, Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of Botswana, spoke before an audience with JCK editor Victoria Gomelsky regarding the past, present and future of Botswana's diamond industry. Presented ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The Botswana ...

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — In a village outside Botswana ’s capital, Keorapetse Koko sat on an aging couch in her sparsely furnished home, stunned that a career — and an entire nation’s economy — built ...

The downgrade comes despite signs of economic recovery. Botswana’s economy expanded 8.2 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, rebounding from a revised 5.2 percent contraction in the ...

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 ...