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 announced at the end of 2020 that renewable energy would account for at least 15% of the country’s energy mix by 2030, with …
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 announced at the end of 2020 that renewable energy would account for at least 15% of the country’s energy mix by 2030, with …
The Free to Shine campaign1 is an initiative of the African Union, the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) and partners to address the growing complacency in the response to childhood HIV in Africa. The campaign aims to leverage the unique engagement and advocacy of first ladies in …
The purpose of this summary report is to present a synopsis of the findings derived from the 2018/19 Drought and Household Food Security Assessment. The overall objective of the assessment is to determine current levels of human vulnerability and the possible effects of the observed impacts of the rainfall levels …
Botswana has lifted its ban on elephant hunting, saying the population has increased and farmers’ livelihoods are being affected, in a move set to trigger outrage from conservationists. President Ian Khama, a keen environmentalist, introduced a prohibition on elephant hunting in the southern African country in 2014. But lawmakers from …
As the Botswana government rumbles towards the lifting of the ban on hunting its famous wildlife, an authoritative poll in the United States, from which the second greatest number of foreign tourists come, has found overwhelming public disapproval of the plan. As tourism is a mainstay of Botswana's economy, lifting …
Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi said on Tuesday that reducing extreme poverty is his government's priority and he is working to lure foreign investors into the southern African nation to create the much needed employment opportunities. Masisi was addressing members of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in Francistown, Botswana's second …
Botswana is critically considering solar energy as an alternative source of energy as man-made emissions have skyrocketed, thus affecting the environment, a senior official said Tuesday. Themba Modise, the director of the Department of Energy in Botswana's Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security, said Botswana is now …
China's National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA) and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on Wednesday held an advocacy workshop here to raise awareness on wildlife trafficking amongst Chinese nationals living and working in Botswana. The workshop which took place at Chinese Embassy in Botswana was attended by more than …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has offered about 467,000 U.S. dollars in aid to develope Botswana's northwestern district of Ngamiland with rich biodiversity. Addressing a full council meeting on Thursday, Ngamiland District Council Chairperson Duncan Enga said the program has already funded four projects. The program will further involve …
Botswana's move towards lifting a four year-old hunting ban sparked a global outcry, with particularly the West, expressing serious misgivings. Some tourists from Western countries have even threatened to boycott visiting Botswana over the matter. The southern African country is home to more than 130,000 elephants, the largest concentration on …
The government of Botswana is considering measures to rein in its elephant population to address the problem of human-elephant conflicts. These proposed measures include a resumption of big-game hunting and culling of elephants, which number about 130,000 in Botswana — the biggest population of the pachyderm in Africa. An existing …
Lempu Junior Secondary School in the Letlhakeng Sub-district was closed on Friday as Government and health officials grappled with addressing the causes of an outbreak of a mysterious disease in which students displayed abnormal numbness and walking disorder. Some 119 students - 117 girls and two boys - were hospitalised …
Botswana is planning to build a nationwide seismological center to record and monitor earthquakes, including mining-induced tremors, by 2021, an official with the Botswana Geoscience Institute (BGI) said on Sunday. Onkgopotse Ntibinyane, a senior seismologist at BGI, told journalists in Gaborone, Botswana's capital city, that the center will be located …
Botswanan President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Wednesday blasted Western countries for their outburst over Botswana's plan to lift a hunting ban and allow an elephant cull. Botswana is "a sovereign state and do not have to be arm twisted by the western countries," said Masisi in an interview with Xinhua during …
Botswanan President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Wednesday blasted Western countries for their outburst over Botswana's plan to lift a hunting ban and allow an elephant cull. Botswana is "a sovereign state and do not have to be arm twisted by the western countries," said Masisi in an interview with Xinhua during …
This report is intended to provide an overview of the activities implemented by the project GCP/GLO/534/ITA “International Alliance on Climate-Smart Agriculture” - funded by the Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea of Italy and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - which supported the creation …
THE Southern African Development Community has recorded a 40% increase in malaria cases since 2015. Former Namibian health minister Richard Kamwi, who is the Elimination 8 (E8) ambassador, last Thursday stressed the need for collaboration and unity, not only to treat cases of malaria, but also to eradicate it. This …
Gaborone — Government will use a total of P856 million in different measures adopted to mitigate the effects of arable drought recently declared for the year 2018/19 by President Mokgweetsi Masisi. According to a press release from the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, the relief and special assistance …
Gaborone — President Mokgweetsi Masisi has declared 2017/18 an arable agriculture drought year following the findings of the Botswana Vulnerability Assessment Committee (BVAC). The disclosure was made by the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Dr Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi during a press briefing on drought and vulnerability yesterday. Dr Venson-Moitoi …
The tropical cyclone Dineo made landfall over southern Mozambique on 15 February 2017. It weakened to a remnant low on 17 February, which hit Botswana on the same day and triggered heavy rainfall that resulted in flooding over the country. This study assesses the performance of the National Centers for …
