On the face of it, Botswana is a thriving, open, competitive democracy. It has unfailingly held periodic transparent, credible, and peaceful elections – which the ruling party, the Botswana Democratic ...

Political developments in Botswana are attracting unprecedented attention, causing some pundits to fret about the stability of its longstanding democracy. While it is undoubtedly true that Botswana is ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In May 2023, I undertook a two-week exploratory study in Botswana to investigate why. My findings, recently published in the ...

GABORONE - Botswana's Court of Appeal on Monday upheld a 2019 ruling that decriminalized gay sex, a decision hailed by gay community as establishing the southern African country as a "true democracy".

Back then, it was able to retain power because of a combination of the first-past-the-post electoral system and its dominance of the Central Region of the country, which contributes 19 out the 29 ...

GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana is often hailed as an oasis of peace and prosperity on a troubled continent, but critics say the government of the southern African nation is clamping down on free speech ...

Botswana’s government has repealed a provision of its colonial-era penal code that criminalized consensual same-sex sexual relations. The country’s High Court in 2019 struck down the provision. The ...

Botswana's Court of Appeal on Monday upheld a 2019 ruling that decriminalised gay sex, a decision hailed by gay community as establishing the southern African country as a "true democracy". GABORONE, ...