Botswana

Athlete Nijel Amos of Botswana has been provisionally suspended ahead of the World Athletics Championships after the 2012 Olympic Games 800m silver medalist tested positive for a banned metabolite, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said.…

Title holders Nigeria revived its campaign at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), following their 2-0 win against Botswana, courtesy of goals from Ifeoma Onumonu and Christy Ucheibe, at the Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah in Rabat…

The President of the Confederation of African Football (‘CAF’) Dr. Patrice Motsepe arrived in Gaborone, Botswana on Monday morning, where he has been confirmed as a speaker and a participant at the Forbes Under 30 Summit Africa that is…

Botswana will reduce isolation period for Covid-19 positive cases to a minimum of five days from Wednesday, Ministry of Health and Wellness spokesperson Christopher Nyanga said. According to the country’s new Covid-19 protocols, the…

Canada will ban travellers who have been to Nigeria, Malawi and Egypt over concerns about the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the Toronto Star newspaper reported on Tuesday. The country identified five people with…

Australia imposed new restrictions on Saturday on people who have been to nine southern African countries, as the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 raises concerns about another wave of the pandemic. The countries are…

The Court of Appeal in Botswana started hearing a government attempt at overturning a landmark ruling that decriminalised homosexuality. In 2019 Botswana's High Court declared prison sentences for same-sex relationships as…

Team Nigeria all set for the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers after arriving in Gaborone, the Botswana capital. The 25-strong contingent left Nigeria on Monday and arrived Gaborone on Tuesday at about…

Botswana has discovered a 1,098 carat diamond believed to be the third largest gem-quality stone ever to be mined, according to a joint venture between Anglo American’s De Beers and the government. The stone was presented to President…

Leaders of the southern African regional bloc SADC will hold an extraordinary summit on Thursday in Maputo to discuss the violence engulfing northern Mozambique, the South African presidency said.The top-level meeting of the Southern…