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Botswana

February 25, 2022

Zimbabwe donates 50,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine doses to Botswana

Zimbabwe has secured more than 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, mainly from China.

February 22, 2022

Police helicopter pilot shot during wild shoot-out with South African gang

At least eight people are dead and five police officers injured after the shoot-out with automatic weapons.

South African Police
December 14, 2021

UK to remove Nigeria from red list

This decision means Nigerians visiting UK would no longer pay £2,285 to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days.

Sajid Javid and Geoffrey Onyeama
November 29, 2021

Botswana upholds law decriminalising same-sex relationships

The court ruled that outdated laws “serve only to incentivise law enforcement agents to become keyhole peepers and intruders into the private space of citizens.”

LGBTQ+ activists/supporters in Botswana
November 29, 2021

COVID-19: Botswana confirms 19 Omicron cases

“Such detection should not be confused with Botswana being the country of origin of the strain,” the Botswana health minister said.

November 27, 2021

COVID-19 Variant: Mauritius to stop flights from South Africa November 28

Passengers who have been physically present in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe will be denied entry or transit through Mauritius.

COVID-19 variant
November 27, 2021

Israel bans most African countries over South African COVID-19 variant

Israel has placed a travel ban on African states, following reported cases of the new coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett/COVID-19
September 7, 2021

Cricket World Cup: Team Nigeria arrives Botswana for women’s qualifiers

Only two slots are up for grabs in the 11-nation tournament slated to begin Thursday, September 9.

A cricket ball and bat
August 30, 2021

Botswana lifts 2021 economic growth forecast to 9.7%

Botswana now expects economic growth of 9.7 per cent in 2021, compared with the 8.8 per cent forecast in February, helped by a recent rebasing of GDP accounts.

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi
August 8, 2021

Tokyo Olympics: World Athletics president hails ‘hospitable’ Japanese people

Three world records, 12 Olympic records, 28 area records and 151 national records were set during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Sebastian Coe