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June 17, 2021 at 10:15 am

Big diamond found in Botswana, could be world’s 3rd largest

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — A huge diamond weighing more than 1,000 carats, which could be the third-largest mined in history, has been discovered in the...

FILE – In this March 3, 2013 file photo, elephants drink from the Chobe National Park in Botswana. The sudden deaths of some 330 elephants in the northern part of the country earlier this year may have occurred because they drank water contaminated by toxic blue-green algae, the government announced Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Charmaine Noronha, File) JOH101 JOH101

September 21, 2020 at 6:17 am

330 elephants in Botswana may have died from toxic algae

The elephants in the Seronga area died from a neurological disorder that appears to have been caused by drinking tainted water. No other animal species...

July 27, 2020 at 3:07 am

What killed hundreds of elephants in Botswana? Still unknown

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana’s government says it still doesn’t know what caused the deaths of hundreds of elephants in recent weeks, but testing continues....

October 24, 2019 at 11:48 pm

Botswana’s president will stay in office after election win

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi will remain in office after his ruling party easily won enough parliament seats in this week's election,...

October 22, 2019 at 9:36 pm

Botswana votes as ruling party faces surprising challenge VIEW

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana faced its tightest election in history on Wednesday as the long-peaceful southern African nation wondered if the ruling party would...

October 19, 2019 at 11:40 pm

Botswana, calm for decades, faces surprising election fight VIEW

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana's ruling party faces the tightest election of its history on Wednesday after former President Ian Khama, annoyed with his hand-picked...

October 16, 2009 at 10:14 pm

Botswana: party in power for 43 years to win again

Botswana held its 10th free and peaceful election, an event all but eclipsed by political struggles and violence elsewhere in Africa.

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September 3, 2005 at 12:00 am

Bushmen, Botswana split over homeland

The government announced the temporary closure yesterday of southern and central parts of the Central Kalahari game reserve, saying it was...

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