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Botswana sees opportunity in China's zero-tariff offer

China Daily Global ·

By MMAPULA MOLAPONG in Gaborone, Botswana | China Daily | Updated: 2025-08-01 09:20 Facing a weakening currency and a slump in global diamond demand, Botswana is signaling a strategic pivot to diversify its economy. The timing of China's recent...

The Missing Link in Africa’s Climate Plans: Animal Health

Inter Press Service · August 5, 2025

Africa, Climate Change, Conservation, Energy, Environment, Featured, Headlines, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Credit: World Organisation for Animal Health NAIROBI, Kenya / PARIS,...

[Interview] Botswana Bets on Innovation with MIT to Build a Post-Mineral Economy

TechTrendsKE · August 4, 2025

Botswana has taken a bold step toward redefining its economic future through a groundbreaking partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), aimed at accelerating its transition from a mineral-based economy to one driven by...

Botswana among countries most at risk of extreme drought – report

Farmer's Weekly · July 29, 2025

A new global analysis by the US’s National Drought Mitigation Center and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), published in July 2025, reveals that Botswana is among the countries most vulnerable to extreme drought in the coming...

Xenophobia in SA a symptom of Zimbabwe’s collapse, regional inertia

The Standard ·

While in the past the attacks often manifested in violence, the agitators have taken a new route, arguing that foreigners cannot be prioritised at public hospitals at the expense of locals. Over the past few weeks, social media has been awash with...

Why do African elites seek medical treatment abroad?

Deutsche Welle · August 4, 2025

Choosing where to seek medical help is a deeply private decision. But the numerous occasions African leaders have sought treatment abroad have thrown the spotlight on local healthcare investment. To a large extent, leaders are responsible for the...

Bird flu outbreak reported in Botswana near Namibia border

Informante · August 4, 2025

Staff Reporter AN outbreak of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has been confirmed in backyard chickens in Botswana’s Chobe District, which borders Namibia’s Zambezi Region. The Namibian Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform...

Botswana Editors Forum queries Boko

MMEGI · July 28, 2025

Reports indicate that some members of the BNF verbally harassed journalists and used disparaging language against the media. Such conduct is not only regrettable, but poses a serious threat to press freedom and the safety of journalists. This...

Teaching Hospitals Shoulder the Burden While Administrators Count the Beans

Addis Fortune ·

Teaching hospitals everywhere juggle three jobs at once: teaching, curing, and discovering. But, few do so on a tighter rope than those in Ethiopia. Around the world, these institutions shape medical minds while pushing the frontiers of science....

Let’s not allow borders separate us, Boko tells HH

News Diggers · August 2, 2025

BOTSWANA’S President Duma Boko says decisions made between Zambia and Botswana must translate into tangible results that benefit both nations. And Boko says while borders separate Zambia and Botswana, they should not keep the two countries’ people...

Zambia and Botswana Sign Cooperation Agreements

Open Zambia ·

Zambia and Botswana have signed agreements pledging greater cooperation in health, risk management, and governance during a state visit by Botswanan President Duma Boko. During a bilateral meeting with President Boko, Health Minister Sylvia Masebo...

Health Minister calls for integration of care to defeat syphilis

Independent (Uganda) · July 23, 2025

Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists attending the world’s first international conference on the triple elimination of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B have raised alarm over the continued neglect of...

Botswana leader heralds new era of bilateral cooperation

Public Eye · July 22, 2025

‘MANTŠANG KHUTLISI MASERU – Republic of Botswana president, Advocate Duma Gideon Boko, concludes his landmark four-day official working visit to Lesotho today. The visit is widely seen as a diplomatic milestone ran from July 15 to 18, cementing...

Health experts, officials convene in Uganda for HIV, hepatitis B, syphilis elimination across Africa

Xinhua News Agency ·

KAMPALA, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Health experts, policymakers, and researchers on Monday began a three-day meeting in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, to accelerate the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B across...

Global Food Summit Highlights Vital Role of Vet Labs in Combating Animal Diseases

Ethiopian News Agency ·

Addis Ababa, July 29,2025 (ENA) -- A key sideline event at the Second United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) in Addis Ababa emphasized the critical role of veterinary diagnostic laboratories in protecting global food security from...

Uganda ramps up fight against mother-to-child disease transmission

Observer · July 30, 2025

Government has stepped up its efforts to eliminate the vertical transmission of HIV/Aids, syphilis, and hepatitis B — three infections that continue to threaten the lives of mothers and their babies, despite the availability of effective...

Climate pressures drive Botswana into new era of persistent drought, global report warns

Sunday Standard · July 27, 2025

Botswana is entering a troubling “new normal” marked by worsening droughts, unreliable rainfall, and escalating risks to food and water security. That’s according to a new global analysis released by the U.S. National Drought Mitigation Center and...

Tich Mataz Returns to Gaborone for ‘Take Us Back – 90s Edition’

Sunday Standard · July 27, 2025

The legendary Zimbabwean broadcaster and DJ, Tich Mataz, is making a return to Gaborone for the highly anticipated Take Us Back – 90s Edition throwback party. Set for Friday, August 1st at Cresta Lodge, and organized by ‘Legends of Ol’ Skool’, the...

Exclusive: India works diplomatic hotlines from South Africa to Botswana to bring home next batch of cheetahs

The Indian Express · July 28, 2025

Over the past two years, India has been working its diplomatic channels with Botswana, South Africa and Kenya as it navigates a complex set of negotiations to replenish its African cheetah population.Senior members of the National Tiger...

Refugee entrepreneurs launch fashion show, telling stories through art

KTVB 7 - Idaho · August 17, 2025

The company organizes many different events, striving to bridge commerce with community. BOISE, Idaho — A community development organization founded by Idaho refugees is working to support small business growth while giving back to the local...