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AU launches world’s largest free-trade area, biggest economies out

March 22, 2018 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Forty-four African countries on Wednesday launched a $3 trillion continental free-trade zone encompassing 1.2 billion people. But Nigeria and South Africa, the continent’s biggest economies […]

DRC’s Joseph Kabila must step down – Botswana government

February 27, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

Botswana government on Monday criticized President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila for his country’s humanitarian and security crisis. In a statement published […]

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wins Mo Ibrahim African leadership prize

February 13, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, named after its Sudanese billionaire founder, announced on Monday that the prize committee has awarded the $5m prize for leadership to […]

Donald Trump’s “shitholes” comment sparks diplomatic fury in Africa

January 15, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

The African Union has issued a statement last weekend calling on US President Donald Trump to apologize after he reportedly called nations on the continent […]

Diamonds bigger than 100 carats unearthed in Lesotho

January 9, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

A miner in South Africa has discovered two huge diamonds, each bigger than 100 carats in a Lesotho mine, local media reports. Gem Diamonds Ltd […]

Zimbabwe: political turmoil ‘seems like a coup’ – African Union

November 16, 2017 Steven Addamah 0

The African Union chairperson, president Alpha Conde on Wednesday said the political situation in Zimbabwe “seems like a coup” against President Robert Mugabe. Zimbabwe’s military […]

Botswana’s President to step down by April 2018

November 9, 2017 Steven Addamah 0

President of Botswana Lt. Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama will step down as president in April next year when his term officially ends. In an […]

World’s second-biggest diamond from Botswana sold for $53m

September 28, 2017 Steven Addamah 0

The world’s second-biggest diamond found in Botswana’s mine has been sold for $53 million on Tuesday, the Canadian Lucara Diamond Corporation, which owns the mine, […]

Botswana: Five feet bronze Buddha statue stolen from temple

August 4, 2017 Steven Addamah 0

A half ton-bronze Buddha statue has been stolen from a temple in Botswana’s capital Gaborone. The theft comes weeks ahead of the first visit of […]

Botswana’s schoolgirls to get free sanitary pads – Parliament

August 3, 2017 Steven Addamah 0

Botswana’s parliament on Wednesday adopted a motion to implement a nationwide provision of sanitary products for school-aged girls. The motion passed by the southern African […]

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