Things had been going largely well for Botswana since 1966. But the wheels started coming off when Ian Khama became president ...

After 58 years, the Botswana Democratic Party lost its majority in Parliament, becoming the latest long-dominant party in southern Africa to fall from power. By Yvonne Mooka and John Eligon Yvonne ...

Duma Boko is the leader of the Botswana National Front and president of an opposition coalition, the Umbrella for Democratic ...

Thousands of people from around Botswana have attended the inauguration of their country’s new president, Duma Boko.

Botswana has long relied on diamonds to fuel its economy, but the industry is faltering. Now, voters have rejected the ruling ...

Most leaders and senior officials from Botswana's neighbouring countries attended the ceremony, including Zimbabwean ...

This romanticisation of authoritarianism and strongman leadership has grown louder, which is why I am excited about the recent elections in Botswana. The developments there reaffirm a long-standing ...

Botswana's new president took office Friday in a whirlwind transfer of power following elections that saw a historic defeat handed to the party that had governed the diamond-rich country for ...

GABORONE, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The head office of the international diamond regulator Kimberley Process Secretariat (KPS) officially opened on Tuesday in Gaborone, Botswana's capital city.

GABORONE, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Botswana's second-largest city Francistown is expected to have its first-ever acupuncture clinic, with preparations for the opening at an advanced stage, according to ...

GABORONE, Botswana — (AP) — Botswana President Mogweetsi Masisi conceded defeat in the general election Friday, in a seismic moment of change for the county that ended the ruling party's 58 ...