The Botswana Congress Party has said it is concerned about the escalation of cases of gender-based violence, many with fatal consequences

FAO in Botswana expressed concern that the extensive use of pesticides to manage pests, weeds and diseases could increase the risk of damaging species essential to ecosystem health

Car brands such as Haval, Cherry, Tank and JAC - all Chinese - attracted the interest of local car enthusiasts at the ninth Shell Gaborone Motor Show in the capital; Chinese cars are gaining popularity among consumers in Botswana

Herds of endangered hippos, stuck in the mud of dried-up ponds, risk death in drought-stricken Botswana, conservation authorities made known, while at local level are calling for hippos to be relocated to reserves to protect villagers

'Europeans care more about elephants than people around them, Westerners see elephants as pets', Botswana's president Mokgweetsi Masisi said amid regional tensions over poaching and controversy on potential import bans on trophy hunting