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Botswanans expressed outrage at the government’s request this week to set up a donation fund for citizens to reward the country’s Olympic athletes, including Letslie Tebogo who became the nation’s first-ever Olympic gold medalist, the BBC reported. On Monday, the government asked citizens to honor the...

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The World Briefly

May 03, 2024

Fighting Nature

Botswana

Botswanan authorities and conservation groups are attempting to save hundreds of hippopotamuses stuck in drying pools and ponds in the country’s northwest as the El Niño-induced drought takes its toll on wildlife, the Voice of America reported. Officials said around 500 hippos are stranded as the...

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The World Briefly

April 26, 2024

No, Thanks

Botswana

Botswana’s government said this week it had rejected a proposal to accept migrants and asylum seekers from the United Kingdom, a plan similar to a deal London reached with Rwanda two years ago, Voice of America reported. Foreign Affairs Minister Lemogang Kwape said British officials had...

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The World Briefly

April 04, 2024

An Elephantine Dispute

Botswana

The president of Botswana threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany if the European country insisted on curbing imports of hunting trophies, as tensions mount over a dispute over nature conservation and the interests of the African nation, the BBC reported. German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke...

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Need to Know

January 20, 2023

Rags to Riches

Botswana

Sprawling, landlocked, relatively lightly populated Botswana enjoys a higher gross domestic product per capita than neighboring continental economic powerhouse South Africa. As the South African newspaper the Daily Maverick explained, Botswanans earn around $9,200 on average annually, compared with South Africans who make $7,200. That achievement...

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