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Enhancing Private Sector Participation Essential for Healthy Financial System, Regional Security in Africa: ESAAMLG President
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, August 29, 2025 (ENA)— Strengthening regional cooperation through increased private sector participation is crucial for creating a healthy financial system and ensuring security in the region, Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money...
Launched Strategic Plan Roadmap to Guide Dioceses on Migration, Human Trafficking in Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa
ACI Africa
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August 29, 2025
“Human trafficking happens in our own communities, through social media, through false job offers. Unemployment makes our young people vulnerable. We as the Church must raise awareness, be vigilant, and work with others to stop it,” he said....
Chinese Film Festival held in Botswana to mark bilateral ties, victory of World Anti-Fascist War
Xinhua News Agency
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GABORONE, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Film Festival opened here on Thursday to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Botswana diplomatic relations and the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of...
UDF Presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi signs Youth Manifesto, pledges concrete solutions to unemployment crisis
The Maravi Post
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August 29, 2025
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-In a captivating dialogue that addressed the most pressing challenges facing Malawi’s youth, United Democratic Front (UDF) Presidential candidate Atupele Austin Muluzi made bold commitments to transform the lives of young...
25th Eastern, Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Ministerial Conference Kicks off in Addis Ababa
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, August 29, 2025 (ENA) -- The 25th Eastern, Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Ministerial conference Kicked off in Addis Ababa today. Ministers from 21 countries, among them the Vice President and Minister of Finance of...
UN expert on Indigenous Peoples’ rights to visit Botswana
The National Tribune
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August 29, 2025
OHCHR GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, Albert K Barume, will conduct an official visit to Botswana from 1 to 12 September 2025. The expert will examine a diverse range of issues affecting Indigenous Peoples,...
The top 10 best-governed African nations in 2025
Business Insider Africa
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August 29, 2025
The Country Governance and Government Index (CGGI), an annual ranking that evaluates 120 governments worldwide across 35 unique indicators, offers the most comprehensive assessment of national governance capabilities and effectiveness. By...
Botswana's Vice President Arrives in Addis Ababa for Ministerial Conference on Money Laundering
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, August 28, 2025 (ENA) -- Botswana's Vice President, Ndaba Nkosinathi Gaolathe, arrived in Addis Ababa today to attend a ministerial conference on crime prevention on money laundering and illicit financial flows. Upon his arrival at...
Botswana’s incredible HIV success story, explained in one chart
Vox
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August 28, 2025
Botswana has been getting a lot of calls lately from across the African continent, prodding the nation — once “at risk of extinction” from HIV — to tell the world how they did the impossible: squash childhood HIV rates. The number of children...
Botswana declares health emergency over critical medicine shortages
TVC News Nigeria
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August 28, 2025
Botswana has declared a health emergency due to a severe shortage of medicines and supplies. Hospitals and clinics are struggling to address conditions such as hypertension, cancer, and diabetes due to shortages. The health ministry attributes the...
Hazel Fox KC, expert on international law
The Times
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When the question of whether General Pinochet, the Chilean dictator, should be granted diplomatic immunity came before the British courts, legal eyes turned to Hazel Fox, whose name was once described as “synonymous with the law of state...
UNICEF Moves to Probe Botswana’s Growing Overweight Crisis
Botswana Gazette
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August 28, 2025
A UNICEF study to be launched soon will probe gaps remain in the regulatory and policy frameworks that govern the availability, marketing, labelling, pricing and accessibility of food products GAZETTE REPORTER The United Nations Children’s Fund...
Esparza Excels: Morgan State Libero Wins Gold in Botswana
BVM Sports
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August 28, 2025
Mikaela Esparza, a senior libero and defensive specialist for Morgan State's volleyball team, showcased her skills internationally, representing the university and the MEAC in Botswana this summer. Competing in the Ditsala International Cup, she...
Mauritius has been ranked the best-governed country in Africa
Zambian Observer
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August 28, 2025
Mauritius has been ranked the best-governed country in Africa in the 2025 Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI), maintaining its top spot for the fifth consecutive year. Rwanda and Botswana followed in second and third place, respectively. The...
Experts urge Tanzania to learn from Botswana’s diamond crisis
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Economists have urged Tanzania to draw lessons from Botswana’s deepening crisis, warning that overdependence on a single commodity exposes national economies to severe shocks. The call follows Botswana’s declaration of a public...
Botswana declares national health emergency as medical supply chain breaks down
British Medical Journal
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Botswana’s president, Duma Boko, declared a national health emergency on Monday 25 August as the country faced severe and widespread shortages of essential medicines, supplies, and equipment. The country’s health ministry had warned of the...
Botswana lures Japanese investment
MMEGI
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August 27, 2025
Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe, who is also the Minister of Finance, is currently in Tokyo, where he sold the country’s ambitions to the Asian economic power. In an endeavour to navigate the country from reliance on diamonds, Botswana has invited...
Botswana declares public health emergency
Semafor
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August 27, 2025
Botswana’s President Duma Boko declared a public health emergency because of a shortage of essential medicines and medical equipment. The economy in the world’s top diamond producer by value has been hit by a downturn in the precious stone’s...
Botswana appoints Lazard, CBH to advise on potential De Beers acquisition
BusinessLIVE
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Appointment of asset management firms points to scale of the plans 27 August 2025 - 18:36 by Lindiwe tsobo Botswana has appointed asset management firm Lazard as a financial adviser as it moves to strengthen its position in diamond miner De Beers,...
International Stocks And Portfolio Diversification
Seeking Alpha
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August 27, 2025
In this piece, we will list some of the reasons why international stocks have generated more interest, provide context about these reasons, discuss the relative merits of investing in both US and international stocks. While other countries and...