Botswana has put its capital, Gaborone, back into a two-week lockdown starting Friday, closing schools and restricting movements, after confirmed local COVID-19 transmissions doubled this week.

Botswana’s director of health services, Dr Malaki Tshipayagae, announced Friday that the capital, Gaborone, will return to extreme lockdown after eight new COVID-19 cases at a private hospital. “We ...

GABORONE, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Gaborone City Mayor Oarabile Motlaleng on Friday hailed China's rapid development in the sectors of infrastructure, environmental protection, and solar energy, vowing to ...

Authorities in Botswana declared a strict lockdown in the capital Gaborone from Saturday after the discovery of 12 new cases ... Already a Barron's subscriber? Sign In ...

Hundreds of people protested on Saturday in Botswana’s capital Gaborone against a bill seeking to make same-sex relations legal. Botswana’s parliament was forced to introduce the bill legalizing ...

Francistown — Capital Bank has officially launched a branch in Francistown. The bank chairman Hitesh Anadkat said they would like to do business in Francistown even through the rough times. "We are ...

Gaborone — It is rather disheartening that a well-meaning budget could arouse such negative sentiments of being anti-foreigners, in the process diverting attention from the more exciting and positive ...

GABORONE, April 30 (Reuters) - Botswana's central bank on Thursday slashed the benchmark policy rate by 50 basis points to 4.25% in a raft of interventions aimed at cushioning the economic impact of ...