Botswana News News Botswana » Government: Botswana, the country with the biggest diamonds, gets an improved 10-year deal with miner De Beers
GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The Botswana government signed a new diamond sales agreement crucial to its economy with the De Beers mining company on Tuesday after seven years of negotiations. The deal ...
News Botswana » Government: Botswana government urged to put an end to its undue interference in the work of civil society organisations
Botswana government urged to put an end to its undue interference in the work of civil society organisations Botswana | Freedom of Assembly This article is more than 2 years old Media Institute of ...
News Botswana » Government: Botswana’s President Masisi Gives Multi-Faceted Diamond Talk At JCK
During JCK 2024, Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of Botswana, spoke before an audience with JCK editor Victoria Gomelsky regarding the past, present and future of Botswana's diamond industry. Presented ...
News Botswana » Government: Botswana's new president hopes to conclude De Beers diamond sales deal soon
Botswana's new president Duma Boko said he wants to conclude talks for a new sales agreement with diamond miner De Beers as soon as possible, Reuters reported Friday, after the party that had ruled ...
News Botswana » Government: Botswana unravels: unmasking Africa’s democracy poster child
On the face of it, Botswana is a thriving, open, competitive democracy. It has unfailingly held periodic transparent, credible, and peaceful elections – which the ruling party, the Botswana Democratic ...
News Botswana » Government: Botswana secures release of woman on Bangladesh death row
Bangladesh has released a Botswana woman sentenced to death for drug trafficking, paving the way for her return home on Wednesday, the Botswana government said. The freeing of the 33-year-old, who was ...
News Botswana » Government: Botswana’s Government Loses Bid to Overturn Homosexuality Ruling
Botswana's government has lost a bid to overturn a 2019 court ruling that decriminalized same-sex relations. Human rights groups have welcomed the decision, saying it opens the door to challenge what ...