President Masisi threatened to send 20.000 elephants to Germany after criticism that Botswana issues permits to hunt pachyderms and allows to bring home trophies; thanks in part to past conservation efforts, more than 130.000 elephants live in the country

Duma Boko, president since 1 November, and his government plan to legalize undocumented Zimbabwean migrants with temporary residence and work permits; Botswana hosts the second-biggest Zimbabwean diaspora in the world and many are farm or domestic workers

Air Botswana has announced a new partnership with local dairy company Dream Flavours, as part of its strategic support for the #PushaBW initiative promoting local brands and will thus start to offer local yoghurt products on its flights

The first batch of locally assembled electric vehicles was presented in capital Gaborone with the support of two Chinese vehicle manufacturers