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The United Kingdom ends its travel ban on Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
2021-12-20

A panel of judges in Botswana postpone a ruling on a case brought by the government to overturn the 2019 decriminalization of homosexuality in the country. Prior to being decriminalized, gay sex was punishable by up to seven years' imprisonment.
2021-10-12

Botswana reports their first confimed cases of COVID-19. Health Minister Lemogang Kwape says the three patients are currently in quarantine and had recently travelled to Britain and Thailand.
2020-03-30

Citizens of Botswana cast their vote to elect the members of the National Assembly and local government councils.
2019-10-23

A adj=on - m wide asteroid named 2018 LA was estimated (before impact) to have an 82% chance of having impacted Earth today, with several corroborating reports from Botswana. An OFM media report from near Klerksdorp, North West province, South Africa, describes "'a light' falling from the sky" at 18:49 (UTC+02:00) Saturday night.
2018-06-2

Botswanan President Ian Khama steps down and hands power over to Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi.
2018-03-31

Nepalese authorities state that they are "discussing their response" to Trump's recent comment which referred to their country (among others) as a "shithole". Botswana summoned their U.S. ambassador, asking for clarification and expressed their concerns.
2018-01-12

Botswana ends diplomatic relations with North Korea following a UN report on the latter's human rights record.
2014-02-19

Spanish King Juan Carlos is criticised for going on a hunting trip to Botswana while his country is in an economic crisis.
2012-04-15

A court in Botswana rules that indigenous Bushmen can drill wells for water in the Kalahari Desert.
2011-01-27