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 …
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 reduced the chance of people catching the virus by a third, according to the study in The Lancet last week …
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 findings of the Drought and Household Food Security Outlook conducted from March to April. The assessment indicated that …
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 poaching was not abating though law enforcement agencies in Botswana made concerted efforts. The continuous problem of poaching, he …
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, and no randomised trial has identified a causal effect for education on HIV incidence. The researchers aimed to use a policy reform …
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 southern Africa. The animals were secured in crates loaded onto a camouflaged Botswana Defence Force plane …
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 of the initiative funded to the tune of US$218 000. The bio-security project is aimed at developing …
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 the World Malaria Commemoration Day in Seronga, the senior district officer for development for Okavango, Mr Letlhogonolo Nkolane said Okavango contributed …
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 Gakhibane in Kgalagadi District. Mr Mokaila said Batswana were grateful for what South Africa did for them and …
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 chairperson, Mr Mpho Morolong said this during a full council meeting recently. Mr Morolong said 707 had …
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. Stressing that poaching was "growing problem", delegates from 30 countries underlined their commitment to pledges made at a conference in London last …
The Vice President, Mr Mokgweetsi Masisi, says Botswana is among the 147 United Nations member states that are committed to re-enforcing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as halt Tuberculosis (TB) and other diseases by 2015. Speaking at the World TB Day commemorations in Francistown on Tuesday (March 24), …
African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warned on Monday at a major conservation summit in Botswana. The alarming decline in numbers due to poaching was highlighted. The African Elephant Summit, held at a tourist resort in Kasane, gathered delegates from about 20 countries …
Over 20,000 African elephants were poached across the continent in 2013 according to a report released today by the CITES Secretariat. Although the sharp upward trend in illegal elephant killing observed since the mid-2000s, which had peaked in 2011, is levelling off, poaching levels remain alarmingly high and continue to …
Climate change may increase the incidence of diarrheal disease in Botswana, according to a recent study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. "Diarrheal disease is a very important public health problem in Botswana," said lead author Kathleen Alexander, who led a unique 30-year analysis (1974-2003) on …
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) — a bank set up by 56 Islamic nations — has approved financial assistance worth $617 million (approximately Rs 54.16 billion) for development projects in different countries including Nepal. The board meeting of the bank has decided to support education projects in Nepal, Botswana, Thailand …
Diarrheal disease is an important health challenge, accounting for the majority of childhood deaths globally. Climate change is expected to increase the global burden of diarrheal disease but little is known regarding climate drivers, particularly in Africa. Using health data from Botswana spanning a 30-year period (1974–2003), we evaluated monthly …
Pit latrines are one of the most common human excreta disposal systems in low-income countries, and their use is on the rise as countries aim to meet the sanitation-related target of the Millennium Development Goals. There is concern, however, that pit latrine discharges of chemical and microbial contaminants to groundwater …
Three developing countries have recently toughened hunting regulations believing the changes will better protect vanishing species. Botswana has announced it will ban trophy hunting on public lands beginning in 2014, while Zambia has recently banned any hunting of leopards or lions, both of which are disappearing across Africa. However, the …
India will host the first ever global ministerial meet – 'E 50:50' – on elephants in the Capital from November 14 to 19. The conference, expected to be attended by 50 countries that harbour wild populations of elephants, will discuss conservation and welfare of elephants, according the Ministry of Environment …
Africa's biggest animals were poached in near record numbers in 2012, with surging demand for horn and ivory from Asia driving the slaughter of rhinos and elephants. By mid-December, poachers had killed 633 rhinos in South Africa, according to environment ministry figures. That marks a new annual peak in the …
