The Latest Breaking News from Botswana

Richard Field was mauled by a lion in Botswana. For 15 years, he didn't talk about it but then he found support at a "bite club" started by survivors of shark attacks, which has has helped him come to terms with his experience.

Water is a scarce commodity in much of Africa, particularly in southern Africa. This is well symbolised in the name of the Botswana national currency, pula (rain). When tragedies like flooding and drowning take place, it may seem inappropriate to speak of the scarcity and commodity of water. For example,…

Officials deny the multiple reports that a white rhino was killed and dehorned within the sanctuary’s borders

Ian Khama, who led Botswana from 2008 to 2018, spoke out ahead of a Commons vote later this month amid a long-promised Tory ban would stop hunters bringing animal skins, severed heads and carcasses back to Britain after shoots

Botswana has won its bid to host the permanent secretariat of the Kimberley Process (KP), the grouping that certifies that diamonds are not used to fund rebel groups, but its members remain divided over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) are all highly threatened species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has identified poaching, habitat loss, and human-elephant conflict as threats common to the species.

The Duke of Sussex had been helping a Botswana rhino conservation project relocate endangered animals in 2015 when one, which had not had enough tranquilliser, went on a mini rampage

The countess met entrepreneurs at the British High Commissioner’s residence in Gaborone on Tuesday.

HIV remains a major public health challenge globally. Around 38 million people are estimated to be living with the infection. Sub-Saharan Africa bears the brunt of the HIV epidemic. Close to two thirds of the HIV cases are in the region.