Botswana Travel News

How to Choose an African Safari by Candyce H. Stapen As our boat glides down the tributaries of Botswana's Chobe River, we see kudu and impala dart through the banks' thickets and scores of hippos wade in the water.

Lusaka Bus Terminal is a dodgy place at the best of times but at night most of the creeps and hawkers disappear, leaving the rambling terminal and far-flung platforms to the long, weary business of waiting passengers.

The Choppies Group has set the pace to double its footprints across Botswana and the southern African region.

The state-controlled Herald newspaper quoted Foreign Affairs Secretary Joey Bimha as saying Harare objects to the transmission of "hate messages" to Zimbabwe from transmission facilities in Botswana Patience Rusere Washington 02 December 2009 The Zimbabwean government is reported to have said it will lodge a diplomatic protest with neighboring ...

The French Embassy in partnership with the National Museum, Monuments and Art Gallery is hosting a MEDU exhibition under the theme: Culture and Societies in Southern Africa.

Botswana, the perfect place to visit should you love wildlife and open spaces. A landlocked nation of southern Africa Botswana is dominated by the Kalahari Desert, which covers almost 70% of its land surface.

RESIDENTS of settlements along the Gobabis-Otjinene road are dusting off their front yards to prepare for the resumption of the construction for the Gobabis-Otjinene road after a lull of many years.

Elephants are a regular headache for pilots who have to swoop low to buzz them away if they loiter near runways.

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced his decision to nominate Scott H DeLisi, who has served as Vice Consul in India, as the new Ambassador to Nepal.

Gaborone: At the foot of Kgale Hill, the sudden appearance of new shops caused a bit of a buzz as bemused locals seeking to book a haircut or buy beer found themselves turned away from a film set.

Women should go for regular medical checkups to ensure that they are cancer free, says the executive director of Cancer Association of Botswana, Kelly Murphy.

In the first civil-to-civil exchange of the State Partnership for Peace Program, a team of fire officers from North Carolina traveled to Gaborone, Botswana, to conduct a workshop for fire officers from around the country, said Robert Borgesi, a captain with the Chapel Hill Fire Department who currently is on military activation with the North ...

Birthday boy: Prince Harry turned 25 last month but was unable to celebrate as he was training to become an army helicopter pilot Prince Harry has splashed out 6,000 on a belated birthday booze cruise for himself and half a dozen friends in the heart of Africa.

There's nothing like having your body covered in mud, while elephant mothers do the same to their young a couple of metres away from you, to feel at one with nature.

Inconclusive election is a rare occurance in Botswana. But in comparison, it is like an inconclusive FA Cup in England where the teams emerge from the pitch knowing that another fight is eminent.

Botswana's lush, wild Okavango Delta might seem an odd setting for opera buffs. But for Alexander McCall Smith, bestselling author of the "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series, it was the perfect backdrop for his latest venture.

A team of cardiologists from the Indian Ocean Island of Mauritius performed interventional cardiology on some patients on Saturday.

The Chinese Embassy in Botswana recently handed over two primary schools to the Central and North West district councils in a joint ceremony in Serowe.

Bana Ba Keletso Day Care Centre has become one of the most blessed non-governmental organisations to get infrastructural upgrading.

Botswana may soon become a strategic hub for telecommunication and scientific technology development for southern Africa.