20-Jul-2022 to 08:43

APA-Gaborone (Botswana) — Media rights group Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday called on the Botswana government to drop charges against a journalist accused of allegedly publishing falsehoods.

14-Jul-2022 to 08:16

APA-Gaborone (Botswana) — Top Botswana athlete Nijel Amos has been suspended from international competitions after testing positive for a banned substance, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said Wednesday.

13-Jul-2022 to 07:58

APA-Gaborone (Botswana) — Former Botswana president Festus Mogae will lead the Commonwealth observer group for Kenya’s upcoming general elections, the group announced late Tuesday.

01-Jul-2022 to 07:44

APA-Gaborone (Botswana) — A two-member team from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will next week undertake an official visit to Botswana to assess the situation regarding deprivation of liberty in the country.

30-Jun-2022 to 13:47

APA-Gaborone (Botswana) — The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) has resolved to strengthen its industrial capacity to cushion its member states from the vagaries of global geo-politics and other shocks triggered by events such as the Russia-Ukraine war and the COVID-19 pandemic.

29-Jun-2022 to 09:42

APA-Gaborone (Botswana) — Former Botswana president Ian Khama has appealed to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other leaders to ban hunting trophy imports as part of a global campaign to save elephants and other animals from extinction.

29-Jun-2022 to 08:52

APA-Gaborone (Botswana) — The Botswana government and the De Beers Group have extended by a year an agreement under which a jointly owned diamond mine sells the bulk of its rough gems to the global giant.