Economy - Development | Politics | Society
Botswana bushmen cry for water
afrol News, 14 April - Botswana's Bushmen have been forbidden from fetching water from their own borehole reserve after several water boreholes were sunk in preparation for a diamond mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Read more
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Technology
Big boost for Botswana telecommunications
afrol News, 19 June - Ceragon Networks Ltd, a leading provider of high-capacity wireless backhaul solutions has been selected by the Botswana Telecommunications Corporations(BTC)to provide a wireless solution enabling higher transmission capacity to its customer base. Read more
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Agriculture - Nutrition | Society | Human rights
San barred from Botswana reserve despite court order
afrol News / IRIN, 4 January - Despite winning their right to return home after a long-fought court battle, the San are not being allowed back in the Central Kgalagadi Game Reserve in the Kalahari Desert, according to an advocacy group. In December, a Botswana High Court ruled that the San, also known as "Bushmen", had been wrongfully evicted from their ancestral homeland in the reserve in 2002.
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Human rights | Society
Botswana govt unhappy with San ruling
afrol News, 15 December - The government of Botswana has accepted the High Court order that the San people ("Bushmen") be allowed to access their ancestral lands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve with grudges. State representatives indicate they will not make the San people's return to the reserve easy, while Batswana human rights groups urge government to negotiate.
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Agriculture - Nutrition | Society | Human rights
San people win over Botswana govt
afrol News, 13 December - In an emotional court case driven by hundreds of San tribesmen ("Bushmen") against the government of Botswana, Southern Africa's indigenous people was given the right to return to lands they were expelled from and take up hunting and gathering practices again. The ruling is a major setback for authorities, which had hoped to mine diamonds on San lands.
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Culture - Arts | Science - Education | Society
World's oldest religion discovered in Botswana
afrol News, 1 December - Archaeologists have discovered what seems to be remains of the world's earliest religious worship site in the remote Ngamiland region of Botswana. Here, our ancestors performed advanced rituals, worshipping the python some 70,000 years ago. The sensational discovery strengthens Africa's position as the cradle of modern man.
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Gender - Women | Labour | Politics
Botswana army rolls out carpet for women
afrol News / IRIN, 22 November - Forty years after independence, Botswana is ready to recruit its first women soldiers to private and officer ranks, depending on their academic qualifications. "It took 20 years of lobbying, the last bastion is finally down," remarked an elated Ntombi Setshwaelo, spokeswoman for Emang Basadi, a women's rights organisation.
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Economy - Development | Society
Not wanted: rich, African nations
afrol News, 10 November - Several African nations have experienced impressive economic and social development, making them middle-income states with a good rating on the Human Development Index (HDI). But success stories like Cape Verde, Botswana and Seychelles now warn other nations on a good track that they feel "penalised for progress". Donors disengage, creditors get more expensive and investors are still not convinced.
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Economy - Development | Society | Politics
Africa no longer most corrupt
afrol News, 6 November - As this year's Corruption Perceptions Index was released, several of the last years' shamed countries such as Nigeria and Kenya are moving up the ladder as the still very small confidence in them is growing. Guinea Conakry, surveyed for the first time, takes over Africa's bottom place. Botswana, while declining, keeps Africa's top position. Most importantly, Africa does not dominate the bottom anymore.
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Environment - Nature | Economy - Development
Botswana, US sign 'Debt-for-Nature' agreement
afrol News, 6 October - The governments of Botswana and the United States yesterday evening signed several agreements bound to reduce Botswana's foreign debts in return for more extensive environmental conservation in the country. In particular, Botswana has agreed to enhance protection of the Okavango Delta and Chobe National Park, ecosystems seen as vital for the whole Southern African region.
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Environment - Nature | Science - Education
Ecology of Botswana's Okavango Delta deteriorating
afrol News, 2 May - The unique inland delta in Botswana's Kalahari Desert, the Okavango, is slowly changing due to a drier climate, increased grazing and a growing pressure from tourism. The Okavango Delta is one of Africa's most important wetland areas - known from countless nature films - and home to many threatened species. Vulnerable birds, like the slaty egret, are losing their key breeding sites.
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Human rights
Non-Tswana, foreigners face tough discrimination in Botswana
afrol News, 25 April - Batswana human rights groups join the UN, criticising the Gaborone government for not acting to suppress racial discrimination in the country. A UN report recently pointed out discriminations against indigenous people, certain ethnic groups, non-citizens, asylum seekers and refugees in Botswana. In particular the San people ("Bushmen") and other ethnic groups not being of the Tswana majority face tough discrimination.
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Media
Botswana moves forward with controversial media law
afrol News, 12 April - Botswana's Minister of Communications, Pelonomi Venson, has announced that she will be presenting the controversial Mass Media Bill to parliament. The proposed law has been rejected by Batswana media practitioners because they feel there was no extensive consultation with all stakeholders.
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Media
Media in Botswana assured of further freedom
afrol News, 22 March - The Batwsana Minister in charge of national media, Pelonomi Venson, has assured the independent press that government will not start discriminating practices, as had been feared. Authorities and state companies also in future would run advertisements in all media. Ms Venson also is to present a new mass media bill and broadcasting policy, which will liberalise the sector further.
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» 23.11.2005 - Threatened bustard hunted in Botswana
» 17.11.2005 - Botswana opposition cooperation fruitful
» 02.11.2005 - Botswana President's leadership questioned
» 12.09.2005 - Air Botswana looses euro 690,000
» 29.07.2005 - Professor loses Botswana deportation appeal
» 22.07.2005 - Botswana govt committee denies torture of San
» 17.06.2005 - Botswana President explains academic's deportation
» 01.06.2005 - Botswana devaluation questioned
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