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Botswana–Zambia Relations: Typically African
Botswana Gazette
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August 11, 2025
Herein lies the larger African story: an entire continent full of bilateral relations that are cordial but not catalytic, symbolic but not systemic DR DOUGLAS RASBASH Special Correspondent In early August 2025, Presidents Duma Boko of Botswana and...
Regenesys Unveils New Bachelor of Education to Tackle SA’s STEM and Business Teacher Crisis
South Africa Today
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August 15, 2025
Groundbreaking programme aims to produce future-fit educators, close skills gaps and raise global performance standards South Africa’s critical shortage of skilled secondary school teachers particularly in science, technology, engineering and...
BOTSWANA TARGETS GENDER GAPS IN EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Gabz FM
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August 11, 2025
Article by: Phenyo Babusi Building on Botswana’s ongoing gender equality efforts, the World Bank report from March 2025 highlights critical trends and opportunities to close wage and productivity gaps in entrepreneurship and employment. The report...
Poverty identified as key driver of human trafficking
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
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Poverty has been singled out as a main contributing factor to human trafficking. This was mentioned during the commemoration of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons at Kaenda in the Zambezi Region. Speaking at the event, the Chairperson of...
Türkiye-Botswana ties based on 'mutual respect and win-win principle': Turkish foreign minister
Yeni Safak
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August 14, 2025
Türkiye’s foreign minister said Wednesday that the country has made significant progress in its relations with the African continent “on the basis of mutual respect and the win-win principle." Hakan Fidan made the remarks at a joint news...
3m children suffer various learning disabilities – Prof. Oduro
Ghanaian Times
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August 14, 2025
Approximately three million children of school going age suffer one form of learning disability or the other, the Technical Advisor to the Minister of Education, Professor George Oduro, has revealed. Key among these learning disabilities, he...
Türkiye-Botswana ties based on 'mutual respect': Fidan
Hurriyet Daily News
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ANKARA Türkiye's foreign minister said Wednesday that the country has made significant progress in its relations with the African continent “on the basis of mutual respect and the win-win principle." Hakan Fidan made the remarks at a joint news...
Yara Technologies partners with Clover Infotec to revolutionize EdTech in Botswana
Lanka Business Online
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August 14, 2025
Empowering schools with predictive analytics and seamless communication solutions with Talkative Parents and Quanta Platforms Yara Technologies (Pvt) Ltd (“Yara”), a fast-scaling EdFinTech startup in Sri Lanka, has announced a strategic resale...
Climate change activist launches new book at Friends Meeting
Chestnut Hill Local - Pennsylvania
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Hardly a day goes by that we do not see or hear about some weather-related catastrophe that appears to be more frequent and devastating than ever before. Scientists almost uniformly attribute these disasters to climate change. Germantown Quaker...
Family remembers Gaetsewe-Part I
MMEGI
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August 22, 2025
Having dedicated more time to this work from 2015, the family has since developed the abovementioned Ultimate Botswana, SA & African (UBSAA) Vision project, in attempted liaison with all influential individuals and organisations in Botswana and...
Guyana on UK’s ‘deport now’ immigration crackdown list
St. Vincent Times
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August 13, 2025
Guyanese nationals added to United Kingdom’s list of “deport now, appeal later” scheme Guyanese are among nationals from 15 countries that have been added to the United Kingdom’s “deport now, appeal later” scheme, which targets foreign nationals...
Effect of Educational Intervention on Healthcare Workers’ Basic Life Support Knowledge and Practice in a Rural Tertiary Hospital in South Western Uganda
Dove Medical Press
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August 13, 2025
Background Basic Life Support (BLS) plays a critical role in the early recognition and management of cardiac and respiratory arrests, critical emergencies that can lead to preventable deaths if not promptly addressed.1 According to a World Health...
Botswana’s queer lifelines are vanishing
The Advocate
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August 8, 2025
Botswana only legalized consensual same sex conduct in 2019, so growing up as an openly gay man was tough, and I experienced numerous setbacks. When I was 25 years old, my uncle discovered a photo of me putting on makeup and dreadlocks. He took it...
(Special for CAFS) Botswana stresses youth role as strategic partners for sustainable dev't
Xinhua News Agency
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GABORONE, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Botswana's Minister of Youth and Gender Affairs Lesego Chombo on Tuesday stressed the importance of engaging youth as strategic partners in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speaking during the...
Promoting Africa-Caribbean Collaboration: SGU President Speaks At Trade, Investment Forum
Daily Independent
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August 22, 2025
1 St. George’s University joined influential leaders, policymakers, and innovators from across Africa and the Caribbean to discuss opportunities to deepen collaboration in trade, healthcare, education, and sustainable development at the Fourth...
FM Fidan, Botswana’s Butale discuss ties, cooperation in Ankara
Daily Sabah
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August 12, 2025
Botswana’s International Relations Minister Phenyo Butale will visit Ankara on Tuesday to discuss bilateral ties and cooperation with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, diplomatic sources said. The two ministers will meet on Wednesday and discuss the...
JOURNALISTS URGED TO EMBRACE SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM
Lesotho News Agency
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August 22, 2025
by LENAAugust 22, 2025August 22, 2025050 Share0 Gaborone, Aug. 21 — Journalists across Southern Africa are encouraged to shift the way they report news by adopting Solutions Journalism (SOJO), an evidence-based approach that highlights how...
Fidan to host Botswana's top diplomat
Hurriyet Daily News
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ANKARA Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will host Botswana's International Relations Minister Phenyo Butale in Ankara on Aug. 13, diplomatic sources have informed. Butale is paying a three-day visit to Türkiye between Aug. 12 and 14 and will hold a...
Botswana to host Africa’s top agric, education conference
MMEGI
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August 6, 2025
The country will bring the continent together for the 21st Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Conference of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity-Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), from December 2 to 6, 2025, in Gaborone. The pre-launch, held...
Foetus found in trashbag in Mmopane Block1
The Voice
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August 22, 2025
In the latest case of infant dumping, a foetus was found discarded in a plastic trashbag in Mmopane Block 1 at around 0700hrs on Tuesday morning. Startled residents made the disturbing discovery after spotting dogs dragging the bag along the...