Botswana

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.

A voter fills out a ballot paper during general elections in Nkandla, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, on May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, file)

Southern Africa elections brought big changes in 2024

Namibia's vice president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, of the ruling South West Africa People's Organization, (SWAPO) waves as she casts her vote in a presidential election in Windhoek, Namibia, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Esther Mbathera)

Namibia votes and could have its first female leader. But election upsets have shaken the region

FILE - President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file)

The ‘super year’ of elections has been super bad for incumbents as voters punish them in droves

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

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Drone aerials show extent of flooding in Botswana capital Gaborone

At least eight people have been killed by flash flooding that hit parts of Botswana on Saturday, authorities say. In the capital Gaborone, where the local dam was overflowing, cars were washed away and properties part-submerged.

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Biggest diamond in over century found in Botswana -- a whopping 2,492 carats

Bus plunges off bridge in South Africa, killing 45 people. 8-year-old child is only survivor

Investigators comb scene of deadly South Africa bus crash

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Tanzania, Botswana and Mozambique grab the final qualification spots for 2025 Africa Cup

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

Botswana’s president concedes defeat in election to end his party’s 58 years in power

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

Polls open in an election in Botswana, where the governing party has been in power since 1966

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

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

Letsile Tebogo, of Botswana, celebrates after winning the men's 200-meter final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Botswana’s people get the afternoon off work to celebrate a first gold at the Olympics

Letsile Tebogo, of Botswana, celebrates after winning the men's 200-meter final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Letsile Tebogo makes a case for African sprinters with thrilling Olympic victory in the 200 meters

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Mining giant Anglo American to break up its sprawling business as it tries to fend off takeover

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

This photo provided by the Prefecture Maritime du Nord et de la Manche shows migrants continuing their journey to Britain off northern France coast, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said Tuesday, just hours after the British government approved a migrant bill to deport some of those who entered the country illegally to Rwanda.(Prefecture Maritime du Nord et de la Manche via AP)

Botswana’s foreign minister says UK also approached his country to take ‘unwanted immigrants’

The wreckage off a bus lays in a ravine a day after it plunged off a bridge on the Mmamatlakala mountain pass between Mokopane and Marken, around 300km (190 miles) north of Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, March 29, 2024. A bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to an Easter weekend church gathering in South Africa plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass Thursday and burst into flames as it hit the rocky ground below, killing at least 45 people, authorities said. The only survivor was an 8-year-old child who was receiving medical attention for serious injuries. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

8-year-old lone survivor of South Africa bus crash will be discharged from hospital

In this image taken from video provided by eNCA, a bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in Limpopo, South Africa, on Thursday, March 28, 2024, killing multiple people, authorities said. (eNCA via AP)

Bus plunges off a bridge in South Africa, killing 45 people. An 8-year-old is the only survivor

FILE - Michelle Yeoh arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg are among the diverse group of political, business and philanthropic leaders Global Citizen will convene in New York on May 1 and 2, the nonprofit announced on Thursday, March 28, 2024.(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Michelle Yeoh to join business and political leaders at Global Citizen NOW summit to fight poverty

FILE - Namibia President Hage Geingob speaks during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, on Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Namibian president has died in a hospital where he was receiving treatment, his office said Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Namibia’s president and anti-apartheid activist Hage Geingob dies at 82