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In three years’ time, the Ostrich industry should be contributing meaningfully to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a top Government official has promised.Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Dr Edwin Dikoloti gave the Executive of...

A fierce campaign championed by the United States against the Cuban cooperation with the world, especially against the Medical brigades, is well underway.And, as with what’s become commonly known as ‘Trump tariffs’, if developing countries of...

Finally, it has been done!Botswana has signed the Agreement Amending the SADC Treaty to recognise SADC Parliament as one of the SADC institutions.A visibly elated President Advocate Duma Boko – flanked on either side by his Minister for State...

There’s a cautious-optimism in the air that the Zionist project (the state of Israel) has reached its dead-end!And the vigil for the ‘Fallen Empire’ is about to begin, as martyrs across North Africa (so-called Middle East) brace themselves for...

The burial of Mosarwa man, Pitseng Gaoberekwe on 10th December 2024, three years after his death on 31 December 2021, in his ancestral land of CKGR is a victory for human rights!The event was deliberately timed to coincide with the commemoration of...

Botswana deeply values Germany as a “close friend and a strategic development partner”, Deputy Permanent Secretary – Bilateral Diplomacy - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Clifford Maribe told guests during the October 3 German Unity Day...

Members of the Botswana Ostrich Farmers Association that gathered last week in Gaborone for their Annual General Meeting (AGM) have resolved to resuscitate the ailing industry by exploiting all available government programmes for commercial and...

Botswana Parliament was on Tuesday plunged in a comedy of errors when Deputy Speaker Pono Moatlhodi had to apologise for an omission he had (in)advertently made earlier on the day!Earlier when announcing the SADC Parliamentary Forum Lobby Team that...

Botswana hit the ground running this month of August 2024 as she chairs the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU)).On Tuesday this week, Botswana’s Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent...

The four-months diplomatic training for journalists hosted by China International Press Communication Centre (CIPCC), ended spectacularly for me on June 30th 2024! On this day the organisers – China Public Diplomacy Association, in collaboration...

The 8th China-Africa Youth Festival ended today with a Dialogue sesion in Yiwu village in the Zhejiang Province of China with a call to hold the next one in Africa.Convening 68 youth from 52 African countries with their counterparts from China, the...

Thousands of nationalities converged here at University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) along Yuhui South Road, Chaoyang, Beijing for the 20th edition of the international youth culture festival. Batswana students studying at UIBE and...

China – a socialist country, glued together by its three Gods, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism – is on a mission to foster a new type of international relations, and build a global community of shared future.Spurred by the Communist Party of...

A few takeaways stand out distinctly from last week’s China’s Lunar New Year (Spring Festival) celebration at the Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC)!Graced by Botswana’s third President, Festus Mogae, members of the diplomatic...

The scorching sun was sworn on assaulting anything on its path on this Thursday morning the 21st of December, 2023!But not even the intensity of the El-Nino induced drought could deter the resolve of a handful guests that had convened for a special...