Botswana

Earth News

Botswana threatens to send elephants to Europe amid hunting row

Home to the world’s largest elephant population, Botswana has already gifted 8,000 of the animals to Angola and offered another 500 to Mozambique.

4 April 2024

Culture news

Italian opera and 55 other practices added to UNESCO intangible herita

While opera and midwifery require care and considerate protection, the UN-backed association also listed Türkiye's olive cultivation as a practice in need of urgent safeguarding.

7 December 2023

Health news

Omicron variant poses 'very high' global risk, WHO says

The World Health Organization says the new Omicron strain of COVID-19 poses a 'very high' risk, but that much is still unknown about it. Here's what we know so far.

29 November 2021

Botswana

Botswana decriminalising homosexuality sends 'huge and loud message'

Caine Youngman, a human rights activist in Botswana, told Euronews that the Botswana High Court ruling to decriminalise homosexuality sends a 'huge and loud message' to the rest of the country.

15 June 2019

Botswana

Botswana strikes down colonial-era law and legalises homosexuality

By legalising homosexuality, Botswana has joined other African countries like Angola, Seychelles, Mozambique and South Africa.

11 June 2019

Earth News

Eco-friendly wildlife safaris

Safari lodges setting the standard for responsible and sustainable travel experiences.

13 November 2018

News

Botswana hangs man who murdered girlfriend and son in 2010

Joseph Poni Tselayarona, 28, was executed on Saturday after the 2010 murder of his girlfriend and her three-year-old son, the Botswana Prison Service said.

19 February 2018

Business

1,109-carat uncut diamond from Botswana mine sells for $53 million

The uncut 1,109-carat diamond named Lesedi La Rona, which means Our Light in the local Tswana language, failed to sell last year at a Sotheby's auction.

28 September 2017

Sport

Athletes at World Championships in London hit by norovirus

Athletes from Botswana, Canada, Germany and Ireland have been laid low by norovirus at the World Championships in London

8 August 2017

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France: Huge 'Constellation' diamond unveiled

In a Paris exhibition, Swiss jewellery maker de Grisogono unveils an 813-carat unpolished diamond bought for $68 million (around 60 million euros), the world’s most expensive rough when it was…

10 September 2016