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Botswana president insists on bigger share of diamonds from De Beers venture

Botswana will not back down on demands for a bigger share of rough diamonds from its joint venture with De Beers, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said on Thursday, upping the stakes as talks for a new sales deal appear to be stalling.

Reuters

Wilderness Safaris: an extraordinary brush with nature in Botswana

From swimming elephants to lions on the hunt, Radhika Aligh has the experience of a lifetime in the African wilderness

Evening Standard

A new start after 60: I embraced being single and became an international pet-sitter

Bernadine Swale thought she couldn’t cope after her divorce. Now, she loves her life cycling around Florida with terriers and fine-dining with schnauzers in New Zealand

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Botswana’s Nijel Amos receives three-year ban for doping

Botswana's Nijel Amos has been banned for three years after the 2012 Olympic 800m silver medallist tested positive for a banned metabolite.

The New Daily

Elephants are a menace for these 6th graders. Then they went on a safari ...

Botswana has one of the last thriving elephant herds – and a history of human-elephant conflict that threatens both sides. A nonprofit has a program to shift that dynamic. Will it work?

WEKU

Harry narrates new video promoting Sentebale’s HIV charity work

The charity works with vulnerable children and young people in the southern African nations of Lesotho and Botswana.

The Independent UK

Carol Vorderman reveals how she fell in love with her boss and flew to Botswana to be with him

I'm A Celebrity's Carol Vorderman met the 'first love' of her life when she was 19

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Archaeology shows how hunter-gatherers fitted into southern Africa’s first city, 800 years ago

Where the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers meet, forming the modern border between Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, lies a hill that hardly stands out from the rest. One could easily pass it without realising its historical significance. It was on and around this hill that what appears to be southern…

The Conversation

Okavango River bridge captures Botswana’s conservation story

The new bridge connects the formerly isolated eastern panhandle, boosting economic opportunities and social cohesion, says President Masisi

The Independent UK

Okavango Delta residents worry over low flood water levels

Livelihoods, wildlife depending on the river at risk amid growing impacts of climate change

The Independent UK

President who once banned trophy hunting begs MPs to stop wildlife 'destruction'

Ian Khama, the former of President of Botswana, is imploring UK MPs to attend a crucial Commons vote on Friday as efforts to ban trophy hunting imports gather pace

Daily Mirror

Botswana has seen a huge spike in rhinoceros poaching over the past 5 years

There's been increased demand for the endangered species' horn by some east Asians who believe it has medicinal properties.

WEKU

Auto review: Ineos Grenadier is an old-school SUV for a digital world

For those who miss the old Land Rover Defender, the basic, no-thrills British-built SUV that had proved its worth for decades in war and peace, in Botswana and Belgravia, Ineos Automotive has your SUV: the 2023 Ineos Grenadier.

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Call and Response,' by Gothataone Moeng

FICTION: Masterful stories explore the push-pull of traditional and modern life in Botswana.

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Who's most likely to save us from the next pandemic? The answer may surprise you

The South African-based scientist who co-discovered the omicron variant of COVID-19 makes an intriguing argument.

Daily Record

Prince Harry shares promise he made Meghan Markle on their third date

While most couple's third date might involve a nice meal or trip to the cinema, Harry and Meghan jetted off on a five-day holiday to Botswana.

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry's romantic promise to Meghan Markle on third date - and he's still keeping it

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle camped in Botswana for their third date, spending their evenings watching the sun set in canvas chairs in front of the fire

Reuters

Botswana court upholds ex-president Khama's arrest warrant

A Botswana court on Friday dismissed an application by former President Ian Khama to have an arrest warrant against him struck down.

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Botswana's ex-president Khama asks court to set aside arrest warrant

Botswana's former president Ian Khama has filed an urgent court application seeking to strike down an arrest warrant issued against him by a magistrate last week.

Daily Mirror

Trophy hunters just 'like ISIS terrorists' says former African president

Botswana’s former leader Ian Khama compared sick marksmen who kill elephants, lions and zebras for sport to ISIS extremists 'because those people take a morbid delight in killing'

The Independent UK

Botswana issues arrest warrant for ex-President Ian Khama

An arrest warrant has been issued in Botswana for former President Ian Khama on a charge of illegal possession of firearms

ABC News

Bite Club not only for shark attack survivors as Australian mauled by lion finds support

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.

The Conversation

Sacred rivers: Christianity in southern Africa has a deep history of water and ritual

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,…

The Conversation

Why I'm righting the wrongs of my early research and sharing my scientific data with local communities

“You know what’s wrong with scientific power? It’s a form of inherited wealth. And you know what assholes congenitally rich people are.” That’s how filmmaker Michael Crichton put it in Jurassic Park nearly 30 years ago. The problem of scientific colonialism has not, however, gone away.

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry takes swipe at King Charles with stinging comment on who 'brought him up'

In the first episode of the Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan, Prince Harry claims he has friends in Botswana who "literally brought me up" - in an apparent swipe at his father King Charles

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