Botswana
Facts, researched articles, and events related to Botswana, drawn from the Provenance Africa archive.
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- Botswana's Minister of Youth and Gender, the ever-charming Ms Lesego Chombo. She was appointed to the role…
- Ian Khama, former President of Botswana, one of Africa's most stable countries and the continent's longest…
- Africa's top 20 military powers today ranked by country, from strongest to weakest. 1. Egypt🇪🇬 Algeria🇩�…
- This antelope in Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana shocked safari visitors as they thought the horn…
- For foreign companies trying to invest in Africa, the possibility of being asked for a bribe by a foreign p…
- On 19th May, 1986, the South African apartheid Government breached territorial sovereignty and conducted ai…
- Shona Ferguson, the Botswana-born South African actor and film producer, died. (2021)
- Throwback to when the Government of Botswana 🇧🇼 wanted to know, for the record, if President Donald Trump…
- Botswana's first President, Sir Seretse Khama (1966-1980) and Ruth William Khama. Ian Khama, the child swin…
- African Powers Ranked by Military Strength: 1 Egypt🇪🇬 2 Algeria🇩🇿 3 SA🇿🇦 4 Nigeria🇳🇬 5 Ethiopia🇪🇹…
- In 1891, Lord Randolph Churchill—father of the renowned former UK PM Winston Churchill—visited present day…
- 3 generations of the Khamas having ruled over Botswana, one of Africa's most peaceful nations. Sekgoma Kham…
- Nigeria has the worst police in the world, followed by DRC, Kenya and Uganda, says the World Internal Secur…
- The 10 most competitive economies in Africa, 2019. 1.Mauritius 🇲🇺 2. South Africa 🇿🇦 3. Morocco 🇲🇦 4.…
- The 21 safest countries to travel to in Africa are: Angola Benin Botswana Cape Verde Djibouti Equatorial Gu…
- Corruption in Public sector measured in Sub-Saharan Africa (2018). 1 Seychelles 2 Botswana 3 Cabo Verde 4 R…
- Given that only 16% of Africa’s trade takes place between African countries, 44 nations on 21 March signed…
- The ever-vocal Botswana Government has chastised President Joseph Kabila of DRC Congo for his continual pos…
- The Botswana Government responds to President Donald Trump's threat to other countries over the status of J…
- Happy Independence Botswana! Africa's least corrupt nation; no civil wars, no coups, no political violence,…
- Quett Masire, who served as Botswana's second president and oversaw decades of steady economic growth, died. (2017)
- Botswana is Africa's oldest continuous democracy. Africa's least corrupt nation since 2010. See how highly…
- Statue of Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, KBE (1921-1980), the first President of Botswana, at Gaborone.
- The world’s largest diamond in over a century, this 222g, 1,111-carat gemstone, was unearthed in Botswana l…
- Parliament of Botswana (building). No coups, so it's been running uninterrupted since 1966 independence. 63…
- United States First Lady Michelle Obama being welcomed by school kids at Sir Khama Airport, Gaborone, Botsw…
- The moment Mpule Kwelagobe, from Botswana, was crowned Miss Universe 1999, She was the first African woman…
- This town, Kanye, 67km west of Botswana's capital Gaborone, is the birthplace of Sir Masire, Botswana's 2nd…
- Boundaries of Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia. The river is the great River Zambezi. Good morning Af…
- Only Russia and Canada produce more diamonds than Botswana.
- Botswana is the world's biggest diamond producer.
- There are more elephants in Botswana than anywhere else in the world, about 120,000 of them.
- In 1990, the number of democratic countries in Africa was only 4 (Botswana, Gambia, Mauritius and Senegal).…
- Since Botswana's independence in 1966, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has never lost power. Till date.
- Elephants at Chobe National Park, Botswana, are the largest in body size of all living elephants; they numb…
- Okavango delta, Botswana is Africa’s largest oasis. A 15,000sq km maze of lagoons, channels & islands; "The…
- Botswana and Namibia are arid and sparsely populated countries.
- Since independence in 1966, Botswana has consistently held unfettered multi-party elections.
- Jwaneng , in Botswana, is the world's largest and richest diamond mine.
- Botswana is rated the least corrupt country in Africa, according to an international corruption watchdog, T…