The Botswana delegation to the upcoming 92nd session of the Human Rights Committee in New York must be ready with answers for 25 questions arising from an initial report on civil and political ...

The country of Botswana, located at the heart of the southern African sub continent has long lost its reputation as a free, democratic and human rights abiding country. A dictatorially ran regime took ...

Botswana: Gender &human Rights. 21 June 2004. Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone) opinion By Duma Boko. The Lesetedi Commission is winding up its inquiry.

This piece was written as part of Advox's partnership with the Small Media Foundation to bring you the UPROAR initiative, a collection of essays highlighting challenges in digital rights in countries ...

GABORONE—A human rights group said hundreds of refugees from Zimbabwe are being forced back home from neighboring Botswana and the refugees haven’t had access to food during COVID-19 ...

In a landmark judgement by Botswana’s high court on Tuesday, Judge Michael Elburu ruled that a colonial-era law on homosexuality would be taken off the books. Skip to main content Listen to RFI ...

Botswana’s High Court decriminalized same-sex relations in 2019, after a legal challenge. In July 2023, the government proposed a bill to incorporate gay rights into the constitution, but ...

Human Rights Day marked in Gaborone, Botswana By Xinhua Published: Dec 11, 2022 08:34 AM A woman shows her painted hand during a public event to commemorate the Human Rights Day in Gaborone ...

Botswana auctioned six licences on Friday to hunt a total of 60 elephants, the first to be allowed in the southern African country since President Mokgweetsi Masisi lifted a five-year ban on big ...

Botswana has a population of about 2.2 million people and an estimated 134,000 elephants, the largest population of elephants in Africa, only about 20 to 30% of which live within protected areas.A ...