Credible votes in Botswana, Senegal, South Africa and Mauritius have shone this year. But political repression and violence ...

After nearly six decades of BDP rule, the triumphant UDC government has the tough task of restoring sound governance.

The dramatic loss of power by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which had governed Botswana since independence in 1966, ...

Botswana is set to host Mauritania in a high-stakes showdown for their penultimate 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at ...

Botswana, one of Africa's most stable countries, is the continent's longest continuous multi-party democracy. It is ...

Botswana's newly-elected president Duma Boko appointed former Miss Botswana and Miss World Africa Lesego Chombo as the ...

According to a 2022 Afrobarometer survey, local perceptions are that corruption in Botswana has increased. Some have also ...

Thousands of people from around Botswana have attended the inauguration of their country’s new president, Duma Boko ...

After 58 years, the Botswana Democratic Party lost its majority in Parliament, becoming the latest long-dominant party in ...

Botswana’s new president has told the BBC that he wants undocumented Zimbabweans to be legalised by granting them temporary ...

Confident and well-mannered, Botswana's new President Duma Boko carries the traits of a highly trained human rights lawyer.

The first African election this year, in Comoros on Jan. 14, descended into deadly violence and a curfew after President ...