Botswana’s finance minister has sought parliamentary permission to lift the government’s statutory debt ceiling to 60% of the gross domestic product (GDP) from 40%, Reuters wrote on March 25. The ...

GABORONE, Botswana — The Botswana government signed a new diamond sales agreement crucial to its economy with the De Beers mining company on Tuesday after seven years of negotiations. The deal gives ...

Botswana's economy is projected to contract by 0.4% in 2026, driven largely by a slowdown in the diamond sector. Diamonds account for a third of fiscal revenues and a quarter of GDP. This means the ...

Botswana has unveiled the full architecture of its Botswana Economic Transformation Programme, a structured national effort to nearly double the size of the economy and achieve high-income country ...

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana votes in a national election this week that will decide if the ruling party extends a 58-year stretch in power in a southern African country that is a leading ...

Botswana's newly elected President Duma Boko annuonced plans to diversify the diamond-dependent economy - Copyright AFP/File ANGELA WEISS Botswana's newly elected ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The Botswana ...