Botswana

The National Endowment for Democracy: What It Is and What It Does

Updated: August 09, 2024 10:00 August 2024 Introduction The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) acts as the US government’s “white gloves.” It has long engaged in subverting state power in other countries, meddling in other countries’ internal affairs, inciting division and…

13 August 2024

Ambassador Fan Yong presents Letters of Credence to Foreign Minister Dr Lemogang Kwape

Chinese New Ambassador Mr. Fan Yong arrives in Botswana to assume office ahead of next month’s FOCAC Summit

On August 6, 2024, His Excellency Fan Yong, the newly-appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Botswana, arrived in Gaborone to assume office.  He was warmly received…

12 August 2024

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Mao Ning

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning’s Remarks on August 9, 2024

RIA Novosti: The Eastern Economic Forum 2024 will be held at the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok from September 3 to 6. Does China plan to send representatives to the forum…

12 August 2024

Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya. Photo: Contributed

When writing becomes a distraction!

Tsitsi Nomsa Ngwenya (TNN) is one of renowned Zimbabwean writers who writes in Ndebele and English. She was born in Matebeleland South Province in Zimbabwe to a Ndebele father and Shona mother. She grew up…

11 August 2024

Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum Ms Boemo Sekgoma. Photo: Contributed

SADC PF SG urges addressing access to digital technology for the youth

By Moses Magadza WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA – As the world celebrates International Youth Day on August 12, the Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum Ms Boemo Sekgoma has highlighted the intersection of digital access and…

11 August 2024

UDC-Manifesto-Launch-at-Grand-Aria-Stadium-in-Tlokweng.jpeg

SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE LAUNCH OF THE 2024 MANIFESTO OF THE UMBRELLA FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE

BY DUMA GIDEON BOKO* PRESIDENT OF THE UDC ON 10 AUGUST 2024 AT THE ROYAL ARIA STADIUM I humbly embrace and welcome each and every one of you, individually and personally. You, the ordinary members…

10 August 2024

Letsile Tebogo - Botswana and Africa's Golden Olympian in the Men's 200 metres finals on August 8, 2024 in Paris, France

UDC President celebrates Olympics Golden boy, Letsile Tebogo

By Duma Boko Our athletes have flown the flag and brought adulation upon our country. We call their names with immense pride. We witnessed the stunning victory of Letsile Tebogo, who is worth his weight…

10 August 2024

The MoU was signed by SADC Executive Secretary, Mr. Elias Mpedi Magosi and H.E. Mr. Bharath Kumar Kuthati, High Commissioner of India to Botswana and Special Representative of India to the SADC

Africa can be the bread basket of the world

*Holds 23% of the world’s agricultural land and 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land *India and Africa – Relations in the Past and Present By Ambassador A R Ghanshyam Relations between India and Africa…

10 August 2024

Malian people support Mali’s decision to sever diplomatic ties with Ukraine

Malian people support the country’s decision to sever diplomatic relations with Ukraine “with immediate effect,” saying that Mali needs countries that could help it, instead of that collaborate with rebel groups. Mali’s transitional government on…

7 August 2024

Zimbabwe's President Dambudzo Emmerson Mnangagwa

Zimbabwe, Mnangagwa not fit to lead SADC

by Vitalio Angula The Republic of Zimbabwe will assume the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chairmanship on 17th August 2024, taking over from Angola. Rising reports of repression, assaults and crackdowns on members of the…

7 August 2024

Pope Leo XIV apologises for the role of the Catholic Church in legitimising slavery

Pope Leo XIV breaks silence on the Vatican’s role in slavery, calls for vigilance in digital era

By Fortune Madondo Introduction Exactly a day after the 63rd anniversary of Africa day, on Monday, 26 May 2026, the head of the Vatican or worldwide Catholic church, Pope Leo XIV, came clean on the…

2 June 2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Putin Extends Africa Day Greetings, Highlights Russia–Africa Ties

May 25, 2026 Russian President Vladimir Putin has conveyed warm wishes to African Heads of State and Government on the occasion of Africa Day, commending the continent’s progress and reaffirming Moscow’s commitment to deepening cooperation.…

29 May 2026

Orange Money Commercial and Marketing Director, Gazza Motswagole

Top’a o Pop’e promotion unveiled as Orange Money turns 15

Orange Botswana has launched a new customer promotion worth P1.1 million as its Orange Money service marks 15 years in operation. The campaign, branded Top’a o Pop’e, will run nationwide and offers daily, weekly and…

27 May 2026

An exhibitor at last year's Business Botswana Northern Trade Fair

UB positions itself as an industry partner at the Northern Trade Fair

Francistown, 27 May 2026 —The University of Botswana (UB) is showcasing its research, innovation and professional training programmes at the Business Botswana Northern Trade Fair (BBNTF), underscoring its role in driving economic diversification and skills…

27 May 2026

Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban Revolution

STATEMENT BY THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT

The Revolutionary Government condemns in the strongest terms the despicable accusation by the United States Department of Justice announced on May 20 and proclaimed for several weeks against Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, leader of…

27 May 2026

His Excellency Antonio Luis Punillones Izaguirre, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the Republic of Botswana and Special Envoy to SADC

Cuba rejects U.S. imperialism: Ambassador Izaguirre condemns indictment of Army General Raúl Castro Ruz

Cynthia Thanda History is best told by the people who live it, and some stories demand to be heard directly from the source. On the 25th of May 2026, His Excellency Antonio Luis Punillones Izaguirre,…

27 May 2026