The chief executive also said that efforts to sell the De Beers diamonds unit were “well under way”, despite recent controversial comments by the Botswana government that it could move to take over ...

Facing a weakening currency and a slump in global diamond demand, Botswana is signaling a strategic pivot to diversify its ...

In the quiet vastness of the Kalahari, these sacred hills tell the story of the San people and the earliest traces of ...

The country’s mining minister told the Financial Times last week that President Duma Boko was serious about turning Botswana’s 15 per cent stake in De Beers into “full control over this strategic ...

Botswana Diamonds has secured four prospecting licences in Botswana, marking a significant milestone achieved through an ...

Botswana's salt pans, the remains of ancient lakes, provide a one-of-a-kind biking landscape. These massive, flat stretches ...

Botswana’s export-dependent economy faces further uncertainty as no deal has been secured with the United States (US) ahead of the planned imposition of tariffs from today that could reach 37%.

Botswana said on Thursday that it would allow its pula currency to depreciate by 2.76% over the next year, a faster rate than previously announced, as its economy is under pressure because of a ...

Botswana has surpassed the UN's 95-95-95 goals on HIV. Researchers say that the country is on track to end the public health threat of AIDS by 2030.

Between Botswana and De Beers there are multiple deals. Each party owns half of Debswana, which mines 95% of the diamonds in Botswana, the second biggest producer after Russia.

Botswana, a landlocked country of 1.8 million people in southern Africa, had the highest per-capita growth rate in the world for more than three decades after its independence in 1966.

Yet Botswana's diamond story is different, notes Keith Jefferis, an economist and former deputy governor of Botswana's Central Bank. "I sometimes class Botswana's history over the last 40 years as ...