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Botswana · BotswanaSunday Standard Botswana bolsters bilateral relations with regional counterparts Police stations along the borders have been urged to bolster bilateral relations with their counterparts in neighbouring countries continuously. The Commissioner of Police, Dinah Marathe, who is on a country-wide familiarisation tour of Police Establishments, said this when addressing Police officers at Shakawe and Kasane recently. She said that as Botswana shares …See the Story
Botswana bolsters bilateral relations with regional counterparts
Drones · BotswanaWildlife species like white and black rhinos were poached to the brink of local extinction in the west African country of Botswana in the early 1980s, before being reintroduced in 2001. But despite round-the-clock foot patrols by soldiers ever since, illegal poaching persists. Now, the government is hoping to deploy drones to keep their treasured...See the Story
African Countries Increasingly Turn to Drones to Defend Their Wildlife - Drone Videos & Photos
Francistown · FrancistownBishop Anthony Pascal Rebello of the Catholic Diocese of Francistown in Botswana. Bishop Rebello was among the three pioneer Society of the Divine Word members in Kenya in 1984.See the Story
Botswana Diocese Mourns Loss of Bishop Who Collapsed During Mass
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Mokgweetsi Masisi · GaboroneBotswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi met with executives from SpaceX’s Starlink unit, who expressed an interest in obtaining a license to operate in the southern African nation, according to the presidency.See the Story
Musk’s SpaceX May Extend Starlink Connectivity to Botswana
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Botswana · BotswanaSunday Standard Over 60% of Batswana do not trust IEC The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) suffers one of the biggest crisis of confidence in Africa. An Afrobarometer survey indicates that six in 10 Batswana citizens (63%) trust the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) “just a little” or “not at all”. The survey comes as Botswana’s major parties prepare for what think-tanks such as Brookings Institution believe will be a competitive gen…See the Story
Over 60% of Batswana do not trust IEC
Sexual Harassment · BotswanaSunday Standard Botswana Newsrooms weighed down with sexual harassment – Report Botswana is among a handful of countries in sub-Saharan Africa that are reeling from sexual harassment in the media. This emerged from a research analysis conducted by Dr. Lindsey Blumell and Dinfin Mulupi, which illustrates the disparate ways in which men and women encounter violence in Botswana’s newsrooms and how women are disproportionately subjected to sexual h…See the Story