Botswana announces medical fund for public health emergency

GABORONE, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Duma Boko, president of Botswana, on Monday announced the establishment of a medical fund to mobilize the required resources to address the immediate medical needs of the southern African country. In a televised...

Kushare first Indian to qualify for high jump final in World C’ships

Sarvesh Anil Kushare on Sunday became the first Indian to qualify for high jump final at the World Athletics Championships while national record holder Gulveer Singh finished 16th in the 10,000m race with a below-par performance here. The...

Botswana declares public health emergency as medicines run out

GABORONE, Botswana — Botswana declared a public health emergency on Monday after hospitals ran out of essential medicines due to depleted government coffers and steep cuts in US aid. The diamond-rich southern African country has relied heavily on...

Diamond-rich Botswana declares national public health emergency

Botswana has declared a public health emergency as it faces a shortage of essential medicines and medical equipment. President Duma Boko made the announcement in a televised address on Monday, setting out a multimillion-dollar plan to rectify the...

How Botswana President Duma Boko Wants to Position the Country in the World of Luxury

In the high-wattage world of JCK Las Vegas where luxury meets commerce, sparkle is currency. The President of Botswana, H.E. Advocate Duma Boko, arrived at this year’s event not just as a head of state, but as an embodiment of charisma. He’s...

Botswana clinics run out of medicine

News / National by Staff reporter 4 hrs ago | Views Botswana's President Duma Boko declared a public health emergency on Monday, saying the national medical supply chain had failed, leaving hospitals and clinics short of medicine and other vital...

Botswana Declares Public Health Emergency Amid Critical Medical Shortages

By Blessing Nweke President Duma Boko has declared a national public health emergency as Botswana faces a severe shortage of essential medicines and medical equipment. In a televised address on Monday, President Boko announced a £13.8 million...

An All-Inclusive Sport Act on The Cards for Botswana

For a while now, Botswana has not had an all-inclusive legal framework to regulate all sports in the country. In the absence of such, the Botswana National Sports Commission (BNSC) Act was used to plug the gap. Though the BNSC Act did work to a...

Lab-Grown Gems Are Robbing Botswana of Its Diamond Riches

“Most of our members have had to retrench workers,” said Tshotlego Kagiso, chairman of the Tshipidi Badiri Builders Association, the country’s largest building contractors organization, which before the current downturn had more than 800 members,...

Botswana declares public health emergency as it runs out of medicines

Gaborone — Botswana’s President Duma Boko declared a public health emergency on Monday, saying the national medical supply chain had failed, leaving hospitals and clinics short of medicine and other vital stock. Boko said the military would...

Botswana President declares state of Public Health Emergency

Botswana President, Duma Boko has declared a state of Public Health Emergency. This follows reports of a dire shortage of medicines at public clinics and hospitals. He has also announced he has set up a five-billion Pula fund, equivalent to R6.5...

Botswana declares public health emergency as clinics run out of medicine

GABORONE (Reuters) -Botswana’s President Duma Boko declared a public health emergency on Monday, saying the national medical supply chain had failed, leaving hospitals and clinics short of medicine and other vital stock. Boko said the military...

Rwanda, Botswana are now Kenya’s neighbours in PD’s messy map

The 2025 Chandler Good Governance Index placed Kenya way lower than its neighbours, Rwanda, which was ranked at position two, and Botswana at position three respectively in Africa (People Daily, August 28, p.2). Take a look at the map of Africa...

Botswana declares public health emergency as medicine shortages cripple hospitals

Duma Boko, president of Botswana, has declared a state of public health emergency in response to severe medicine shortages that have crippled hospitals and clinics in the country. In a televised address on Monday, Boko said the rare decision...

Botswana declares national public health emergency

Botswana Presidents in times of crisis

From Sir Ketumile Masire’s lonely vigil over a young, drought-stricken republic, to Festus Mogae’s defiant spending in the face of the Great Recession, and now to Duma Boko’s battle with a waning diamond age, the story is one of decisions taken in...

Lab-grown diamonds robbing southern Africa of riches

Botswana and southern African peers that built much of their prosperity on diamonds are scrambling for alternatives as cheaper, lab-grown stones threaten their economies. Diamond-dependent Botswana is leading the way and launched a sovereign...

Galileo Resources intersects wide copper zone in Botswana drilling

The AIM-traded firm said the hole, QTRC014, encountered a 61-metre interval containing intermittent copper oxides in the form of malachite and chrysocolla from 75 to 136 metres depth. It said the mineralisation appeared primarily associated with...

Botswana declares health emergency

The President further declared that the state-run Central Medical stores (CMS) has failed. “This failure has led to a severe disruption to health supplies countrywide. Second, your government has taken command of the situation and is addressing...

Remembering ATI: The liberator We Never Knew We Needed!

The passing of rapper Atlasaone Bryn Molemogi, better known as ATI, has left Botswana mourning a voice that transcended music to challenge politics, gender norms, and silence itself BRADLEY FORTUIN The past two weeks have been a sad and...