Natural light streams in from a wall-to-wall window where Eric, a diamond cutter (whose surname must remain a secret), is preparing a 782-carat rough diamond the size of a baseball to be sliced by an ...

Ruling parties are like stomach fat. Unyielding and imposing. When stomach fat gets hold of your formerly trim waistline, ...

The value of goods Botswana buys from other countries (imports) has been greater than the value of goods it sells to other countries (exports) for 11 months now, a recent Statistics Botswana's ...

Botswana is located at the center of Southern Africa, positioned between South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. One of the world’s poorest countries at independence in 1966, it rapidly became ...

The party that has governed the country since 1966 could lose power as the economy struggles from a slump in demand for diamonds, which made Botswana an African success story. By John Eligon and ...

To make a direct call to Botswana From South Africa, you need to follow the international dialing format given below. The dialing format is same for calling Botswana mobile or land line from South ...

GABORONE - Botswana's voters delivered a shock defeat to the party that has ruled them for nearly six decades, registering their anger over economic stagnation linked to a decline in the diamond ...

President Masisi seeking second term Ruling party has governed since 1966 Economy suffering from drop in diamond sales GABORONE, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Botswana started voting on Wednesday in an ...

UDC supporters were celebrating as the results came in overnight Voters in Botswana have rejected the country’s long-serving governing party in a result that marks a political earthquake in the ...

Botswana’s election commission is warning opposition parties against what it calls “reckless” claims of poll rigging ahead of the October 30 general election, even as some opposition leaders ...

Millions in Spain and across the world have watched with heartache the images of Valencians coping with the ravages of the ...

The president of Botswana has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over conservation. Earlier this year, Germany's environment ministry suggested there should be stricter ...