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Botswana Diamond Sales Drop By Almost 65%
Botswana diamond sales has significantly dropped by almost 65 percent from August and September while in November and December sales dropped to $184 million and $160 million respectively from the high levels of $594 million recorded in July, Finance Minister...
Botswana Sets Its Sights on Becoming a New Global Diamond Trading And Manufacturing Hub
Botswana has set its sights on becoming a new global diamond trading and manufacturing hub, with an agreement now secured on the planned relocation of De Beers’ DTC – responsible for the sale of rough diamonds from mines worldwide – to the country...
Botswana Disheartened By Global Witness Withdrawal From the Kimberley Process
Diamond-rich Botswana has been left disheartened by Global Witness’s decision to pull out of the Kimberley Process after it branded the scheme as riddled with flaws and loopholes, APA can report.
Botswana Ministry of Agriculture Says It Spent About $16m to Control of Foot And Mouth Disease in the Northern Part of the Country
The Botswana ministry of Agriculture on Monday announced that it spent about $16 million in the control of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in the northern part of the country, noting that significant progress has been made in zones 6 and 7 i.e. areas in...
Botswana to Receive International Fund for Agricultural Development Loan for Agricultural Development
Botswana is set to acquire an estimated $27 million loan from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to improve food security and nutrition to overcome poverty among the rural communities in the country.
Botswana Unapologetic Over ‘anti-dictatorship’ Comments
The Botswana government said it will make no apologies for controversial statements attributed to it passing judgment on “dictators using the barrel of the gun to instill fear in order to rule their people on the continent.”
Botswana Suffering a Glut of Cattle
The executive officer of the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC), David Falepau, told APA in an exclusive interview that the southern Africa nation is struggling to control a massive population of cattle with some 500,000 heads in the Ngamiland area (north)...
Botswana Denies Plans It is to Host U.S. Military Base
Botswana has vehemently distanced itself from reports that it is mulling over United States’ proposal to set up a military base of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) in the southern African diamond-rich country as stated by South African ruling ANC youth...
