Botswana
South Africa's Olympic soccer team members, wearing face masks, leave the training venue in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Monday, July 19, 2021. Two South African soccer players have become the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test positive for COVID-19. The Tokyo Games open on Friday. (Kyodo News via AP)
Medal predictions for events at the Tokyo Olympics

Jul. 19, 2021 05:57 AM EDT

Big diamond found in Botswana, could be world's 3rd largest

By Sello Motseta Jun. 17, 2021 01:15 PM EDT
GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — A huge diamond weighing more than 1,000 carats, which could be the third-largest mined in history, has been discovered in the...

South Africa reopens its land borders as virus cases decline

By Mogomotsi Magome Feb. 15, 2021 05:37 AM EST
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has reopened its major land borders with neighboring countries after closing them last month to prevent...

Botswana extends emergency measures to combat virus

By Sello Motseta Sep. 29, 2020 09:40 AM EDT
GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana has extended its state of emergency for a further six months to combat the spread of COVID-19. The...

Local tourists are seen during an adventure e-bike tour, run by tour operator Raino Bolz, on the Boschendal Estate near, Cape Town, South Africa, Friday Sept. 4, 2020. Africa's tourism sector is struggling to cope with the drop in international travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Travel and Tourism Council estimates the drop in travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will see Africa lose between $53 billion and $120 billion in contributions to its GDP in 2020. ( AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)
When will tourists return to Africa? Continent must guess

By Gerald Imray Sep. 08, 2020 04:06 AM EDT

In this undated photo provided by the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations (FAO) on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, locusts swarm near Gaborone, Botswana. FAO is working with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the International Red Locust Control Organization for Central and Southern Africa (IRLCO-CSA) to control African Migratory Locust outbreaks which are threatening food security and livelihoods in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations via AP)
Locusts now threatening parts of southern Africa, UN says

Sep. 04, 2020 05:46 AM EDT

In this supplied photo a dead elephant lies in the bush in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, Monday May 25, 2020. Botswana says it is investigating a staggeringly high number of elephant carcasses, with 275 found in the popular Okavango Delta area of the southern African nation in recent weeks. (Photo via AP)
Botswana investigates 'mysterious deaths' of 275 elephants

By Sello Motseta Jul. 03, 2020 04:22 AM EDT

A woman walks past a wall with graffiti in Harare, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Authorities in Zimbabwe have started publicly naming people who have escaped from quarantine centers and urging the public to report them to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Zimbabwe has seen a rise in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in recent days, with most recorded at quarantine centers. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Zimbabwe names people who escaped filthy quarantine centers

By Farai Mutsaka Jun. 10, 2020 08:25 AM EDT