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Southern African leaders will this week converge in the Mozambican capital Maputo to strategise on regional integration and other issues, APA learnt here on Sunday.
Botswana has banned imports of live poultry and associated products from South Africa following the spread of an outbreak of bird flu in the neighbouring country, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Global rating agency Moody’s on Tuesday downgraded the long-term credit rating of Botswana’s state-owned power utility, days after it also downgraded the rating of the Botswana government last week.
Botswana has launched an investigation into the death of two people after taking the AstraZeneca vaccine, the country’s health ministry said on Monday.
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has extended the state of public emergency for another six months to the end of September as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Botswana has tightened COVID-19 restrictions for amid fears that cases of the virus are spreading across the southern African country, an official said on Wednesday.
Five Zimbabwean refugees have lodged a complaint against the Botswana government over its decision to repatriate them back to their country, an official said on Friday.
President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Monday met his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart Felix Tshisekedi as he continued with his diplomatic charm offensive to galvanise support for Botswana’s pick for the Southern African Development Community top post.
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has condemned the “barbaric” killing of Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, describing the development as a setback to efforts to restore normalcy in the eastern part of the DRC.
Botswana and Namibia have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the areas of agriculture, health, trade and immigration, International Affairs and Cooperation Minister Lemogang Kwape has said.