Cattle once played a pivotal role in Botswana’s nation building; now the country’s prized bovine herds create a crucial part ...

This Economic Update argues that Botswana needs to shift its economic model. While this message has been repeated many times ...

Botswana’s Debswana Diamond Company expects to raise diamond production by about 20% this year, a central bank official said on Wednesday, a potential boost to an economy seeking to recover from a ...

Botswana has been one of Africa's greatest economic success stories. Since independence, the country has transformed itself ...

Botswana’s vegetable import restrictions are often criticised as protectionist and disruptive to regional trade. But farmer ...

Orapa, Botswana – It is a year since Motshwegwa Rakhudu lost his job after 14 years working as an installer at Debswana diamond mining operations in northern Botswana. He says he had been on rolling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York NEW YORK (Reuters) -Botswana President Duma Boko said on ...

The assumption that poor societies cannot afford the luxury of liberal institutions is both false and potentially fatal.

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana votes in a national election this week that will decide if the ruling party extends a 58-year stretch in power in a southern African country that is a leading ...

GABORONE, Botswana — 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 gives ...

Botswana’s newly elected President Duma Boko annuonced plans to diversify the diamond-dependent economy – Copyright AFP/File ANGELA WEISS Botswana will diversify ...