The country has reduced mother-to-child HIV transmission to less than five percent, with no new infected babies born this year
Human rights groups welcome decision, saying it opens the door to challenge what they say are other discriminatory laws in Botswana
The country held its first elephant hunting season this year since lifting of five-year ban in 2014
Tribes say they deserve compensation for injustices perpetrated by Germans between 1904 and 1908
The Department of Wildlife and National Parks says the poaching situation is under control in the country, but conservationists say that is because there are fewer rhinos to kill
The government is seeking to overturn a 2019 decision decriminalizing homosexual relations.
Normal business is expected to resume as Botswana exits an 18-month long state of emergency.
Some undocumented migrants said they were being turned back at vaccination points
The vast wetland, a UNESCO World Heritage site, faces existential threat from climate change and agricultural activities
Southern African country has one of world’s highest rates per capita
Troops are part of regional body, Southern Africa Development Community, or SADC, to be deployed in the troubled Cabo Delgado region to quell a deadly Islamist insurgency
Singer and activist Refilwe Mooki was sexually abused in 2017, and her younger sister suffered a similar ordeal three years later
Singer and activist Refilwe Mooki was sexually abused in 2017, and her younger sister suffered a similar ordeal 3 years later
Health authorities in the southern African country say 1.9 million doses have been procured, which is enough to cover Botswana's adult population
The refugees had been in Botswana since 2008, after they fled their homeland during a violent presidential election
Botswana’s President Masisi says the region cannot stand by and watch the people of Mozambique being butchered
Government argues its elephant population - the world's largest - is growing too fast and leading to human-wildlife conflict
The hunting season returns after COVID-19 disrupted last year's activities with international hunters unable to travel
Former President Ian Khama says at least 120 rhinoceroses have been killed in last 18 months
The southern African country watched its death toll pass 300 this week, but its president announced an easing of restrictions Friday
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