Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Botswana yesterday distanced itself from a decision by African leaders to ignore the International Criminal Court order to extradite Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the foreign ministry said. “The Government of Botswana does not agree with this decision and wishes to reaffirm its position that as a State Party to the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court (ICC) it has...
H5N1 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Via Mmegi Online: Ministry appeals to diplomats to thwart 'swine flu'. Excerpt:The Ministry of Health has appealed to diplomats in Botswana for assistance in fighting the influenza pandemic, H1N1 2009, should it affect Botswana. Briefing the diplomats on the pandemic...
Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | yesterday
johannesburggaboronenbsp the government of botswana has threatened to boycott an upcoming summit of the 14country southern african development community if controversial zimbabwean presidentrobert mugabe attends south african radio reported fridaysafm radio quoted the foreign ministry of zimbabwes diamondrich neighbour as saying that taking part in a summit of sadc heads of state on august 1415 in...
Flag of the Day (Free subscription) | yesterday
The flag of Botswana is azure blue with a black horizontal band across the centre, with white fimbriation. The colours on the flag correspond to those on the national coat of arms. The blue represents water specifically rain, and comes from the motto on the Botswana coat-of-arms, which states Pula, the Setswana word for "Let there be rain".[8] The white-black-white bands depict the racial...
The Debate Link (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Kevin Jon Heller has a good post complicating the earlier picture of AU nations deciding en masse to ignore their ICC treaty obligations vis-a-vis Sudan. Botswana has already said it will not go along with the motion, and reports indicate that the AU motion itself was hotly contested inside the organization. Dapo Akande argues that the AU's maneuvering have come within the context of the Rome Treaty...
Crime Always Pays (Free subscription) | yesterday
Atmosphere or no, it’s amazing there aren’t more thrillers set on the moon*. Exotic locations are growing more and more popular with the crime fic fraternity, to the point where it can be argued – I think some po-faced critic did so recently, actually – that the novels are becoming as much travelogues as they are thrillers. That’s not necessarily a bad thing – I...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
As Botswana prepares for general elections in October, gender activists are protesting against the lack of female parliamentary candidates.
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Botswana’s new alcohol tax -- introduced as a measure to promote health and safety -- is driving locals to drink, writes Oarabile Mosikare.
Viola in Vilnius (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Just switched the laptop to apple mac and suddenly the internet is working in my house. Coincidence, or is apple more sensitive? My digs are beginning to grow on me... Sooo, Botswana continued.... Today I walked past a large building with loud singing coming out of it; a short while later I returned by it and heard singing, cheering, whooping....it was the Roman Catholic church! The singing sounded...
Viola in Vilnius (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Driving our huge organisation's car (both the organisation and the car), it creates mixed feelings in me. It's covered in the (humanitarian) organisation's logo, which does not necessarily help. Of course it is nice to drive such a huge car, and very comfortable - though I am a bit surprised about the manual windows - would have expected things to be electric, or is this a security precaution, like...
Midwife Moira's Travel Blog. With Emirates Cabin Crew... (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
The day had arrived, Botswana or to be more specific The Okovango Delta. I have been waiting years for this trip. First, it was a British Airways, (or should we call them South of England Airways') flight from Manchester to Heathrow, arriving into the new terminal five. Terminal Five is massive, but we had plenty of time to get to the gate and get on the 747-400 going to Johannesbugh. Our seats were...
CARPE DIEM (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
USA TODAY -- Our northern neighbor sometimes seems so similar to the United States that it's hard to tell where the USA ends and Canada begins. Here's one way: Canada is the place with healthy banks, taxpayers unscathed by megabillion-dollar bailouts and no need to overhaul financial regulation because it was done right the first time. As U.S. officials scramble to prevent a crisis sequel, the ability...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
THE club vs country question is likely to disrupt Zimbabwe rugby coach Brendan Dawson's plans for the inaugural Confederation of African Rugby (Car) Trophy in Gaborone, Botswana, in a fortnight.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
Progress Chipfumo, who is set to fly to Botswana to record his forthcoming album, is looking for new female backing vocalists to replace two female members going on maternity leave.
Stories on Malawi (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
The Wellcome Trust initiative will see the formation of seven new international consortiums that will focus on developing and sustaining high quality research into the health and wellbeing of African people. More than 50 institutions from 18 African countries will participate in the programme and lead on partnerships with scientists from Europe, the US and Australia. Africa is affected by some of the...
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