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Girl, eight, only survivor of bus crash that kills 45 Easter pilgrims on South Africa’s deadly roads

Mmamatlakala, South Africa AP An eight-year-old girl was the lone survivor after a bus full of pilgrims making their way to a popular Easter festival in rural South Africa slammed into a bridge on a mountain pass and plunged more than 150 feet into a ravine before bursting into flames, killing all 45 others onboard. […]

Snapshot: Elephants in Botswana

See BIRGER STRAHL’s image… Via Unsplash Elephants in Botswana

Civil society group flays diamond watchdog over Russia stalemate

Reuters The Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition on Monday sharply criticised the global diamond watchdog for resisting efforts to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at this week’s international conflict diamond meeting began in Botswana. A rift has emerged within the Kimberley Process – a coalition of governments, the diamond industry and the umbrella coalition representing […]

Omicron variant detected in more countries as scientists race to find answers

Reuters The Omicron coronavirus variant spread around the world on Sunday, with new cases found in the Netherlands, Denmark and Australia even as more countries imposed travel restriction to try to seal themselves off. The World Health Organization said it is not yet clear whether Omicron, first detected in Southern Africa, is more transmissible than […]

Botswana sets up gender violence courts to tackle pandemic backlog

Gaborone, BotswanaThomson Reuters Foundation Botswana will launch 25 gender violence courts this week following a rise in cases during the coronavirus pandemic – a measure women’s campaigners hope will bring swifter justice to victims of sexual and domestic abuse. The government of the southern African country moved to establish the courts after women’s rights advocates […]

Botswana opts to make land owners of wives with new law

Gaborone, BostwanaThomson Reuters Foundation A wife in Botswana can now own land alongside her husband, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said on Thursday in a boost for women that rights groups called long overdue. Prior to his amendment, the 2015 Land Policy stopped wives from owning land if their husbands already had some. A female member of […]

UN to train Botswana traditional leaders to fight gender-based abuse

Gabarone, UgandaThomson Reuters Foundation Dozens of traditional leaders in Botswana will take part in a UN training program that aims to help them tackle high rates of gender-based violence in the country, officials and leaders said last week. Nearly 70 per cent of women in the southern African nation have experienced physical or sexual abuse – more […]

UK’s Prince Harry demands end to “greed and selfishness”, for nature’s sake

Liwonde, MalawiReuters Britain’s Prince Harry appealed on Monday in a national park in Malawi for increased global efforts to protect the environment against “greed, apathy and selfishness”. Harry, whose tour of southern Africa has taken him to four countries, observed a simulated anti-poaching operation by Malawian rangers and British soldiers aimed at protecting endangered species […]