News Botswana: Statisticians and journalists of Botswana learn to better interpret and communicate health data
Statistics Botswana in collaboration with the OECD's Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century (PARIS21) and the WHO Country Office are running a three-day training programme from 12-14 December 2022 in Gaborone, entitled “Health Data Communications Bootcamp”. The bootcamp is attended by journalists, health statisticians, researchers, communications practitioners, monitoring and evaluation experts from the National Statistical System of Botswana as well as public relations officials of UN agencies in the country.
News Botswana: Botswana intensifies health security with crucial border capacity assessment
Gaborone—The Ministry of Health (MoH), supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), launched a critical two-week mission in September 2025 to evaluate Botswana's health security capabilities at its key Points of Entry (POEs).
News Botswana: Botswana nominates Armenian doctor to lead WHO
Botswana has officially entered the race for the leadership of the World Health Organisation by nominating Armenian paediatric oncologist Dr Gevorg Tamamyan…
News Botswana: Four Die in Crash at Botswana Copper Mine
Four men died and nine were injured when a bus and a minibus collided head-on inside Botswana's Khoemacau copper mine. The cause is not yet known.
News Botswana: Botswana and Its Neighbours in Southern Africa
Botswana neighbourhood explained: four borders, shared rivers, SACU and SADC ties, the Kazungula Bridge and what it means for US readers in 2026.
News Botswana: Talonx lines up Botswana copper as drill targets stack up
Multiple copper prospects are moving towards drill testing at Talonx’s Kihabe project. ... Read More The post Talonx lines up Botswana copper as drill targets stack up appeared first on Stockhead.
News Botswana: Botswana, China open new chapter in longstanding friendship with elevated ties: Botswanan president
Botswanan President Duma Gideon Boko speaks at a press conference in Gaborone, Botswana, Oct. 19, 2026. Botswana and China have opened a new chapter in their longstanding friendsh ...
News Botswana: Botswana's people get the afternoon off work to celebrate a first gold at the Olympics
The country of diamonds now has a gold. The people of Botswana were given the afternoon off work Friday through a presidential decree so they could celebrate its first gold medal at the Olympics. Sprinter Letsile Tebogo's win in the 200 meters on Thursday night in Paris was a moment to cherish for a southern African nation of 2.4 million people that's largely made up of desert.
News Botswana: Legal Aid Botswana bringing justice to Kgalagadi South
The Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Shaw Kgathi, said in his opening address, “Legal Aid Botswana began as a pilot project in 2011 and was established as a permanent independent public ...
News Botswana: Botswana’s national African Vaccination Week commemoration - April 24th 2017 in Rasesa – Kgatleng District
Rasesa Village, Kgatleng District – 24 April 2017: A high profile and well attended community African Vaccination Week commemoration was held in Rasesa Village in Kgatleng District. Among dignitaries in attendance was the representative of the Honourable Minister of Health and Wellness DR Haruna Jibril, including Kgosi Rasesa and other Kgosi from the district environs. The Honourable Member of Parliament for Mochudi North West Hon.
News Botswana: HM’s visit to Botswana to open new economic, investment horizons
GABORONE: A state visit by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik to the Republic of Botswana on Wednesday is expected to significantly boost bilateral relations, opening broader avenues for economic ...
News Botswana: South Africa vs Botswana: How much petrol R5 000 buys in each country
Compare how much petrol R5 000 buys in South Africa and Botswana after October’s fuel price changes and where motorists save most.
News Botswana: Botswana aims to strengthen, deepen ties with China, says Botswanan president
The Botswana-China relationship is "deep and strong," and Botswana looks forward to deepening bilateral cooperation in trade, the digital economy, renewable energy and other fields, Botswanan ...
News Botswana: Botswana With 130,000 Elephants Says Transfers Stall
Botswana elephant transfers have stalled because recipient countries will not pay transport costs, the minister said, after Mozambique backed out.
News Botswana: DE BEERS GROUP AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA EXTEND PARTNERSHIP WITH OLYMPIC CHAMPION LETSILE TEBOGO AS GLOBAL AMBASSADOR
De Beers Group and the Government of the Republic of Botswana today announced the extension of De Beers' partnership with Olympic champion and Botswana sporting icon Letsile Tebogo. Originally launched in January 2025, when Tebogo was appointed a De Beers Global Ambassador, the partnership has now been expanded into a three-year program of work between De Beers and the Government of Botswana as part of their wider collaboration to support natural diamond demand and promote Botswana's unique cont
News Botswana: 5 cheetah cubs born at Kuno to KJP21 as the mom-cheetah begins a new Botswana lineage in India
Five cheetah cubs have been born at Kuno National Park to India-born female KJP21. Their birth marks the first Botswana-linked cheetah lineage to begin breeding in India.
News Botswana: Equipped by US, Israeli firms, police in Botswana search phones for sources
Oratile Dikologang was naked when police officers pulled black plastic over his head during his detention in April 2020. It was difficult to breathe, but the interrogation continued, he told CPJ in a ...
News Botswana: Botswana police use Israeli Cellebrite tech to search another journalist’s phone
Tsaone Basimanebotlhe was not expecting security agents to appear at her home in a village outside Gaborone, Botswana’s capital, in July 2019, she told CPJ in a recent interview. But they didn’t come ...
