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Duma Boko is sworn in as the President of Botswana following his victory over the former ruling Botswana Democratic Party in the general election last week. His party, the Umbrella for Democratic Change party, wins the majority in the National Assembly with 36 seats.
2024-11-2

Botswana's ruling party, the Botswana Democratic Party, concedes defeat in Wednesday's election, ending its 58-year rule.
2024-11-1

Citizens of Botswana vote for the 61 seats of the National Assembly.
2024-10-30

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

Botswanan President Ian Khama retires from office. Mokgweetsi Masisi is inaugurated as the fifth President of Botswana.
2018-04-1

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

The high court of Botswana overturns a customary law which prevented women from inheriting the family home.
2012-10-12

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

The death toll from flooding in South Africa rises to 70 and more than 8,000 families are homeless. Five other nearby countries - Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe - are threatened by killer heavy rains.
2011-01-22