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A person holds a 2,492-carat diamond which was found in the country and on show, in Gaborone, Botswana, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

Botswana, the country with the biggest diamonds, gets an improved 10-year deal with miner De Beers

The Botswana government has signed a new diamond sales agreement crucial to its economy with the De Beers mining company after seven years of negotiations.

Botswana's new president Duma Boko waves to crowds at his inauguration ceremony in Gaborone, Botswana, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo)

Thousands turn out for inauguration of Botswana’s new president, who calls for unity

“This is indeed a historic moment most humbling and most sobering. It is one of the rarest moments that can only be acknowledged in retrospect,” he said.

Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi concedes defeat in the general election during a press conference in Gaborone, Botswana, Friday, Nov.1, 2024, in a seismic moment of change for the country that ended the ruling party's 58 years in power since independence from Britain in the 1960s. (AP Photo)

Seismic change in Botswana as party that ruled for 58 years loses power

The party of Botswana’s opposition candidate Duma Boko has been declared the election winner over incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi in a seismic change that ended the ruling party’s 58 years in power since independence from Britain.

Residents wait for their turns to cast their votes during an election to decide if it keeps faith with one of the Africa's longest-ruling parties, in Gaborone, Botswana, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Botswana holds an election where the diamond trade has become a central issue

Botswana is holding a national election and voters are deciding if one of Africa’s longest-ruling parties stays on for another five-year term.

FILE - Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi holds the 2,492-carat diamond that was unearthed at one of its mines and will be put on show, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Gaborone. (AP Photo, File)

Diamond-rich Botswana holds an election with new economic challenges for a long-ruling party

Botswana will vote in a national election this week that will decide whether the ruling party extends a 58-year stretch in power in a southern African country that is a leading diamond producer and often held up as one of the most stable democracies on the continent.

A person holds a 2,492-carat diamond which was found in the country and on show, in Gaborone, Botswana, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo)

The biggest diamond in over a century is found in Botswana — a whopping 2,492 carats

The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana. The country’s president showed off the fist-sized stone at a viewing ceremony Thursday.

A mass funeral is held in Molepololefor, Gaborone, Botswana, Saturday May 4, 2024, for the 45 Botswana nationals who were killed in a bus crash en route to Moira City for Easter weekend services last month in neighbouring South Africa. The only survivor was an eight-year-old child. (AP Photo)

In Botswana, 44 victims of an Easter bus crash in South Africa are laid to rest

At least 44 people who died in a horrific bus crash during Easter weekend in South Africa were laid to rest in Botswana on Saturday.