Botswana started voting on Wednesday in an election that will determine whether President Mokgweetsi Masisi secures a second ...

Botswana's new government will have to hit the ground running after booting out a party in power for six decades on a tidal ...

Thousands of people from around Botswana have attended the inauguration of their country’s new president, Duma Boko ...

Sales of rough diamonds at the Debswana Diamond Company fell about 52% in the first nine months of 2024, data released by ...

Botswana's new president took office Friday in a whirlwind transfer of power following elections that saw a historic defeat ...

Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which ruled diamond-rich southern African nation for nearly 6 decades, lost power after ...

Botswana’s economy has faced serious headwinds in recent years. The astonishing average growth rate of 7 per cent between ...

Botswana, long seen as a model of democratic stability in Africa, has witnessed a seismic shift in its political ...

The opposition UDC has pledged to more than double the minimum wage from 1,500 Botswana pula ($112) per month to 4,000 pula if it wins. Economic issues have dominated the campaign. Although ...

In local currency terms, sales were down 50.3% to 20.9 billion pula, which translates to about $1.55 billion based on current exchange rates. Botswana gets 30%-40% of its revenue, 75% of its ...

Botswana's new president took office Friday ... such as more than doubling the minimum wage to 4,000 pula ($300) and introducing universal health insurance. The president said he wanted to secure ...