Botswana strike threatens ruling party power

Botswana strike threatens ruling party power: "'If we can come together we can take our government as it happened in Egypt and Tunisia.'"

Felix edges Montsho to win 400 at Diamond League, but Jones, Jackson fall short in Doha - The Washington Post

Felix edges Montsho to win 400 at Diamond League, but Jones, Jackson fall short in Doha - The Washington Post: "Felix edged a hard-charging Amantle Montsho to win the 400 meters in 50.33 seconds. The reigning three-time world champion in the 200 held on down the stretch to finish 0.08 ahead of Botswana’s Montsho. Patricia Hall of Jamaica was third."

17th Northern BOCCIM Trade Fair approaches

Mmegi Online: "Preparations for one of the biggest calendar events in Botswana's second city, the Northern BOCCIM Trade Fair (BNTF), are at an advanced stage."

Its 11 years of Lethlafula

Botswana Gazette: "The traditional food and dance festival Orange Lethlafula will take place on Saturday, 28th May at Botswana Craft. In its 11th year, the popular annual festival that is organised as part of the harvest celebrations in Botswana is an opportunity for everyone, old and young, to join in for a feast of traditional Setswana food, folklore and dancing."

Angola avails 87.000 square kilometres of land for tourist project

Angola Press

Angola availed at least 87.000 square kilometres of land under the Okavango/Zambeze tourist project which is comprised by five countries of the Southern Africa. The countries which are involved in Okavango/Zambeze tourist project are Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This was said to Angop on Tuesday in Luanda by the executive co-ordinator of the referred project, the Angolan Amélia Cazalma. She said that Okavango/Zambeze project is a transborder initiative and it is an ambitious project aimed at developing the communities. Amélia Cazalma said that the project will also facilitate the integration and protection of the communities, the social and economic development, biodiversity protection at the member countries, as well as the economic growth of the eastern Kuando-Kubango province.

Drifting on the delta

Botswana’s Okavango Delta, an African Venice of winding waterways, stiches together the largest inland delta system in the world.

Gutu and Mukamba blow for U23s

The Young Warriors put up a commendable fight to hold the Botswana Under-23s to a 2-2 draw in the first leg of an All-Africa Games qualifier in Molepolole, but the match ended on a sour note following the injury time dismissals of Denvar Mukamba and Archford Gutu.

Bots on cloud nine

Southern Times: "Buried beneath the grand celebrations that have followed Botswana's sensational maiden qualification for the Nations Cup finals is the remarkable story of a 25-year-old striker, whose goals have oiled the campaign, but who remains not good enough to play for his club."

FXB Center Partners With The Merck Company Foundation to Reduce Mother-to-Child HIV

The Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center (FXB) of the University of Medicine and Dentistry (UMDNJ) School of Nursing will provide training to 150 clinicians in Botswana who will then train more than 6,000 healthcare workers thanks to a grant of nearly $375,000 from The Merck Company Foundation.

'The Last Lions' reviews from 826 Valencia

This week's monthly offering from the 826 Valencia student program is the National Geographic documentary "The Last Lions." The movie is now playing in Bay Area theaters.

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BEC results show decline in performance

Mmegi

The Botswana Examinations Council (BEC) has released the 2010 Botswana Government Certificate in Secondary Education (BGCSE) results, showing an overall decline of performance of two percent compared to last year.

Japan: Donation of Relief Money from Botswana

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Mmegi Online :: Govt to procure 5m litre biodiesel plant

Mmegi Online :: Govt to procure 5m litre biodiesel plant: "In order to kick-start production of alternative energy and improve Botswana's diversity of fuel supply sources, government plans to purchase and install a five-million litre biodiesel processing plant later this year."

Japanese funds available to Botswana

Mmegi Online

Seacom takes broadband service to five more states

Mail & Guardian Online

Gladiators to play Botswana

Namibia Sport

Botswana’s Vice President Merafhe Hospitalized in South Africa

Businessweek

Mammals of Botswana

"There are 162 mammal species in Botswana, of which 1 is critically endangered, 1 is endangered, 6 are vulnerable, and 6 are near-threatened.[1]"

Kalahari Bushmen in 'remarkable' legal victory

"The Basarwa Bushmen are traditional hunter-gatherers who have lived in the Kalahari for generations"

De Beers Botswana Managing Director `Stable' After Attack by Lion on Farm

Botswana Stock Exchange

Myopia and narrow self-interest kill good ideas

Botswana Gazette

Businesses more bullish in 2011

Mmegi: "Businesses in Botswana are showing a significant increase in confidence in 2011 expecting the operating climate to improve fuelling the their willingness to invest more in order to increase production as they expect sales to rise, according to a survey carried out by the Bank of Botswana.

The Business Expectations Survey (BES) shows 67 percent of businesses expect that conditions will be more favourable in the first half of 2011 while 73 percent of respondents believe the whole of 2011 will have improved conditions."

Zimbabwe: Botswana Project Poses Fresh Threat to Victoria Falls

allAfrica.com: "The attractiveness of the mighty Victoria Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world, is under threat if Botswana goes ahead with its planned extraction of large volumes of water from Chobe River for use in its interior, a cabinet minister has said.

This would affect foreign currency inflows for both Zimbabwe and Zambia pumped in by tourists who throng the falls annually to witness the 'smoke that thunders.'

Botswana has notified other southern African countries of its intentions to abstract some 30 cubic metres from the Chombe River where it meets the Zambezi River for a planned irrigation scheme in the Pandamatenga area and for domestic water supply."

Botswana: Get To Know The People And The Wildlife « Travel News

Travel News: "Travel along the Okavango Delta teeming with abundant wildlife to the might Victoria Falls in Zambia, meeting the warm hearted Tswana people of Maun to get a real taste for the different cultures and landscapes this fascinating part of the world has to offer."

Twenty five swimmers, down from the expected 29, will leave Kenya this Sunday to take part in the Confederation of African Nations Zone 3 & 4

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Twenty five swimmers, down from the expected 29, will leave the country this Sunday to take part in the Confederation of African Nations zone three and four invitational championships that will be held from the 3rd to 8^th of January in Gaborone, Botswana.

Nine Botswana properties make the 2011 Conde Nast Traveler Gold List

Travel Daily News: "Re-affirming its status as Africa's premier safari destination, Botswana is home to nine properties showcased among the 2011 Conde Nast Traveler Gold List. This is the 17th year Conde Nast Traveler has issued its Gold List, which is comprised of over 25,000 Conde Nast Traveler readers’ top picks of the world's best hotels, resorts, cruise lines and more."

DJ Discovery Metals Awarded Mining License For Boseto Copper Project

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Discovery Metals Ltd (DME.LN), said Tuesday that it has been awarded the mining license for the Boseto copper project in northwest Botswana.

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Chinese vice president leaves for four-nation visits

Chinese vice president leaves for four-nation visits