Africa: Botswana

Protection row: Botswana has introduced new rules enabling elephants to be hunted legally. By MONIRUL BHUIYAN (AFP)

Botswana animal groups outraged at elephant killing

17 hours ago

Animal campaigners demanded on Friday that a Botswana hunter's licence be revoked after an elephant was killed despite b ...

The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) won most the seats in October's election but the opposition has challenged the result. By Monirul Bhuiyan (AFP)

Botswana ruling party member claims 'vote rigging'...

Dec 12, 2019

A Botswana ruling party member has claimed to have taken part in vote rigging during the October election that allowed P ...

Botswana's President Ian Khama (L) with Mokgweetsi Masisi who later replaced him. But the two men have since fallen out.. By MONIRUL BHUIYAN (AFP)

Botswana's Khama hits out over corruption allegati...

Dec 11, 2019

Botswana's former President Ian Khama has hit back against corruption allegations, vowing to sue a lead investigator for ...

Victor: Mokgweetsi Masisi is sworn in as president after winning the October 23 elections. By Monirul Bhuiyan (AFP)

Botswana opposition in legal challenge over vote '...

Nov 26, 2019

Botswana's largest opposition on Tuesday said it had filed a legal challenge against the outcome of last month's parliam ...

Botswana has fended off criticism of lifting a hunting ban, saying it would not threaten the elephant population. By MONIRUL BHUIYAN (AFP)

Botswana to start issuing trophy hunting licences ...

Nov 18, 2019

Botswana's president announced on Monday the government will by December start issuing trophy hunting licences after it ...

Botswana's politics have been marked by a feud between former leader Ian Khama (L) and President Mokgweetsi Masisi. By MONIRUL BHUIYAN (AFP)

Botswana president sworn in promising to fight gra...

Nov 1, 2019

Botswana's newly reelected President Mokgweetsi Masisi was sworn in on Friday during a ceremony snubbed by his predecess ...

Scientists believe early humans lived in the wetlands south of the Zambezi river for 70,000 years before climate change allowed them to expand. By MONIRUL BHUIYAN (AFP/File)

Humanity's homeland found in ancient Botswana

Oct 28, 2019

Modern humans emerged 200,000 years ago in a region of northern Botswana, scientists claimed Monday, in what appeared to ...

Victor: President Mokgweetsi Masisi. By Michele Spatari (AFP/File)

Botswana's President Masisi wins hotly-contested e...

Oct 25, 2019

Incumbent president Mokgweetsi Masisi on Friday won a five-year term in Botswana's elections which saw his ruling party ...

Time to count: Polling officers check ballots in a Gaborone constituency. The vote marks the first time that the 53-year dominance of Botswana Democratic Party is under threat. By Monirul Bhuiyan (AFP)

Botswana holds its breath as election results tric...

Oct 24, 2019

Partial results from Botswana's elections started to trickle in on Thursday, a day after a ballot seen as the first real ...

Counting under way in Botswana's nail-biter electi...

Oct 24, 2019

Vote counting was under way Thursday in Botswana in a tight election seen as the first real political test for a country ...

Some voters in the capital Gaborone had waited all night to cast their ballots. By Monirul Bhuiyan (AFP)

Botswana awaits results in cliffhanger election

Oct 23, 2019

Botswana voted Wednesday in a cliffhanger election set to test the decades-long dominance of the ruling party and challe ...

Botswana votes in rare cliffhanger election

Oct 23, 2019

Voting was underway in Botswana on Wednesday for a cliffhanger election set to test the decades-long dominance of the ru ...

Botswana goes to the polls as ruling party faces s...

Oct 23, 2019

Polling stations have opened in Botswana as the long-peaceful southern African nation faces what is expected to be its t ...

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has ruled the country unfettered since its independence from Britain in 1966. By Monirul Bhuiyan (AFP)

Botswana begins voting in test of a stable democra...

Oct 23, 2019

Voting opened on Wednesday in Botswana for a hotly contested general election that could test the country's traditionall ...

Botswana votes in tight election testing its stabl...

Oct 23, 2019

Botswana goes to the polls on Wednesday in a hotly contested general election that could test the country's traditionall ...

This aerial photograph shows elephants roaming in the plains of the Chobe district in the northern part of Botswana where officials say more than 100 elephants have died due to drought over the past two months. By MONIRUL BHUIYAN (AFP)

Drought causes more than 100 elephant deaths in Bo...

Oct 22, 2019

More than 100 elephants have died in two months in Botswana's Chobe National Park due to drought, which has also affecte ...

Ex-president Khama plays kingmaker in key Botswana...

Oct 22, 2019

President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana's ruling party is facing a daunting challenge from three candidates in the upcom ...