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The Latest Breaking News from Botswana

Lab-grown Diamonds Robbing Southern Africa Of Riches

Botswana and southern African peers that built much of their prosperity on diamonds are scrambling for alternatives as cheaper, lab-grown stones threaten their economies.

International Business Times

Twenty photos to mark Harry’s 41st birthday

The duke, who celebrates his birthday on Monday, is pictured through the ages from newborn prince to married father of two living in the US

Evening Standard

Talking about sex isn’t always easy for teachers in South Africa. Here’s what they told us

Young people in rural Limpopo, the South African province bordering Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, face high risks of HIV, unplanned pregnancy, and other societal challenges.

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Botswana declares public health emergency over medical shortages as Trump aid cuts hit

The diamond-rich country faces mounting debt while losing two-thirds of its support for its from the US

The Independent UK

Botswana’s president declares health emergency over supply shortages

Duma Boko announces urgent funding package for medicines to be distributed with military oversight

The Guardian - UK

Meghan Markle reveals surprising moment she fell for Prince Harry as critics slam 'boring' Netflix series

Hosting Queer Eye star Tan France, the former Suits actress reflected on her early romance with the British royal

Evening Standard

Botswana was once ‘at risk of extinction’ from HIV. Now it is a world leader in eliminating the virus in children

The pioneering African country is lauded for slashing rates of mother-to-child transmission to just 1.2% and is holding trials that may now hold the key to curing young people

The Guardian - UK

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TV tonight: a heart-racing series following RNLI rescue missions

Storm Eunice causes havoc on the south coast. Plus: Ben Fogle meets a model who moved to the Botswana desert. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Prince Harry considers founding new charity after Sentebale dispute

Duke of Sussex ‘absolutely committed’ to supporting children and young people in Lesotho and Botswana

The Guardian - UK

Botswana Seeks Diamond Dominance, Eyes Majority Of De Beers

Botswana is reportedly seeking a controlling stake in the leading diamond producer De Beers, potentially complicating Anglo American's (OTCQX:AAUKF) plans for the sale.

Benzinga

Botswana calls for deeper trade ties with European Union amid Trump's tariffs

The foreign minister's call for more EU-led investment comes amid a 37% trade tariff imposed by the Trump administration on Botswana, one of the hardest-hit nations in Africa.

Euronews

Q&A: Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo on his Olympic triumph; African sprinters

Tebogo talks to Al Jazeera about breaking the American and Jamaican dominance, and the future of sprinting in Africa.

Al Jazeera

Spanish foreign ministry declares Botswana safest country in Africa

The Spanish foreign ministry has declared Botswana the least risky country for travel in Africa, while Sudan, Eritrea, the Central African Republic, and Somalia are considered the most dangerous.

Euronews

India to import 8 Cheetahs from Botswana as part of controversial project

More cheetahs are also expected to be brought in from Kenya

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If not for sport, I’d be a criminal, says Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo

Mumbai: If it weren’t for his teachers in primary school, Letsile Tebogo may not have gone on to become Botswana’s first Olympic gold medallist. Then again, the man who stunned pre-race favourite Noah Lyles to win the 200m sprint at the Paris Olympics last year candidly goes on to admit,…

The Conversation

The first fossil thrips in Africa: this tiny insect pest met its end in a volcanic lake 90 million years ago

Thrips are tiny insects – their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they cause to crops is anything but small. A 2021 research paper found that in Indonesia “the damage to red chilli plants caused by thrips infestation ranges…

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Botswana Signs New Diamond Sales Agreement With De Beers

Botswana secures vital diamond sales agreement with De Beers, boosting its economy and solidifying the government's relationship with the mining company.

The Independent UK

Botswana, the country with the biggest diamonds, gets an improved 10-year deal with miner De Beers

The Botswana government has signed a new diamond sales agreement crucial to its economy with the De Beers mining company after seven years of negotiations

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The Conversation

Five artists, five nations: taking to the road to find southern Africa’s hidden stories

Zimbabwean art historian Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti travelled by road to five southern African countries – Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Mozambique and Zambia – in pursuit of hidden stories. His mission was to visit artists in their studios to learn about the environments in which they work and…

Evening Standard

City break to safari: actor Luke Evans on the perfect southern African itinerary

From climbing Table Mountain to spotting giraffes, here’s why everybody should put the Cape Town to Botswana route on their bucket list

AAP

Olympic sprint king Tebogo to run at Melbourne meet

Botswana's first Olympic gold medallist, sprinter Letsile Tebogo, will be the star attraction at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne in March.

The Conversation

Giant freshwater aquifer in southern Africa is under threat from mining

A huge underground water resource the size of Austria, the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, stretches for 87,000km² across Namibia, South Africa and Botswana. It supplies 50,000 people in several towns with water pure enough to drink, and is their only source of water. But the Namibian government has awarded uranium…

The Guardian - UK

Maurice King’s marvellous medical book saved lives in Botswana

Letter: Christine Evans read the doctor’s obituary and recalls how his work proved invaluable in her early career in the 1960s

The Conversation

Women in Botswana make up 54% of voters, but less than 10% of parliament: political parties can change that

There’s a question that has consistently gripped Botswana’s politics: bomme ba kae? (where are the women?). It became even more urgent with the country’s 2024 general elections.

Al Jazeera

Ghana to Botswana: Why African voters are throwing out ruling parties

Several countries recorded total electoral power transfers while opposition groups made significant wins in others.

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