Renewables readiness assessment: Botswana
Botswana has considerable unexploited renewable energy potential, especially as solar, wind and bioenergy and aims to use these renewables to achieve economic energy security and independence. Botswana
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Botswana: More School Slashes HIV Infection in Botswana
Increasing secondary school attendance in Botswana slashed HIV infection rates of adults, with the greatest drop among women, a study finds. Typically, an extra year of schooling beyond primary level
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Botswana: Khama Declares Drought
Gaborone — President Lt Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama has declared the whole country drought stricken. A press release from the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development stated that this followed
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Botswana: Chobe Grapples With Cross Border Poaching
Kasane — Chobe District council chairman, Mr Mwanota Kachana, says cross border poaching remains a major concern in the district. Addressing the ongoing full council, Mr Kachana ,said the cross border
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Length of secondary schooling and risk of HIV infection in Botswana: evidence from a natural experiment
An estimated 2·1 million individuals are newly infected with HIV every year. Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have reported conflicting evidence for the association between education and HIV risk,
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Zimbabwe flies rhinos to Botswana haven
Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe loaded five black rhinos onto a plane bound for Botswana on Wednesday, its first such exports since the 1990s, as part of conservation efforts amid an increase in poaching in
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Botswana: MOA Launches Bio-Security Project
Gaborone — The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has partnered with Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) in an effort to raise awareness on issues of imports and exports. This was revealed during the launching
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Botswana: Okavango Grapples With Malaria
Maun — Okavango Sub-district is not doing well in the fight against malaria. This is despite progress made by countries and voluntary organisations in eradicating malaria epidemic. Officiating at
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Botswana: Ministers Commission Water Supply Project
Tsabong — The Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Mr Kitso Mokaila and his South African counterpart, Ms Nomvula Mokonyane, on April 25, commissioned a cross border water supply project at
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Botswana: Poverty Eradication Benefits 1 293 in Kgatleng
Mochudi — A total of 1 293 people have benefitted from the poverty eradication programme in the Kgatleng District, 702 being from Mochudi West and 591 from Mochudi East. The Kgatleng District Council
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Botswana Conference Heightens Alarm over Illegal Wildlife Trade
Conservation experts meeting in Botswana on Wednesday issued dire warnings over the booming illegal wildlife trade that threatens the survival of elephants, rhinos, tigers and other endangered species.