An aftershock earthquake that measured 5.0 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Botswana shortly before 3 a.m.

Gaborone - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck the southern African nation of Botswana on Monday, US seismologists said, with the tremor felt in several neighbouring countries.

Tlou Energy has partnered with IPC, a British power development company to tender for and develop a coal bed methane (CBM) power plant of up to 100MW at its Lesedi CBM Project in Botswana.

The mines in Botswana will be the first in Africa to adopt a Canadian model of sustainability that requires members to continuously assess their mining practices and report them to the community.

The new African Union Commission chairperson has been urged to place the African elephant crisis on the AU’s agenda.

Ethiopia, Swaziland, Uganda, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Comoros, DRC and Chad have been honoured for their significant progress in the fight against malaria.

Accurate counts of animals are critical for prioritizing conservation efforts. Past research, however, suggests that observers on aerial surveys may fail to detect all individuals of the target species present in the survey area. Such errors could bias population estimates low and confound trend estimation. We used two approaches to assess the accuracy of aerial surveys for African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) in northern Botswana.

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Botswana, home to the world's largest elephant population, will break ranks with its southern African neighbors and not support bids at an upcoming U.N.

Kasane — The Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for Chobe forest reserves management plans will initiate the assessment process and consider the inception report.

Six countries in Africa, the continent where malaria is most widespread, could be free of the disease by 2020, according to a WHO report published Monday to mark World Malaria Day.

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