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Tshepo Mokwena had a glittering education, sponsored by the Botswana government's diamond wealth, but a year after graduating she still has no job in the tiny southern African nation. "I only benefited from the diamonds through my studies which were...

Large numbers of Botswana's 750,000 electorate have reportedly turned out for the Friday ballot in order to determine the fate of the south African state's upcoming government. The 1.9 million nation's ruling party, Botswana's Democratic Party (BDP) under President Ian...

With the opposition divided, the BDP (Botswana Democratic Party) said it had won enough seats to secure President Ian Khama another five years in power...The turnout in Friday's election was reported to be high, and election observers said voting went...

The rights issue is designed to help reduce the company's debts, which currently total $3.5bn. The move comes at the end of a bad year for De Beers, which saw first-half profits fall by 99% as a result of a...

Botswana— Botswana's governing party that has been in power for more than four decades once again swept parliamentary elections, the country's independent electoral commission announced Sunday. The move paves the way for legislators to select incumbent President Seretse Ian Khama...

Ms Dube says she was held at the police station and not allowed to call anyone in South Africa for assistance, though her friends did eventually reach help. She was released after spending a night in a prison cell and...

This was not a new mall, but Botswana's very own "Kgalewood" where the successful No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels were turned into a television series that has introduced the tiny African country to a whole new audience. As a stable,...