Botswana in the News

Rhino Conservation Botswana (RCB) is inviting fans of the books to help choose a female rhino to carry the Mma Precious Ramotswe name and be an Ambassador for the charity’s vital rhino conservation work. For more information visit:

The 2017 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), has been released, which shows that Botswana is once more 3rd overall out of 54 African countries, with a score of 72.7 (down from 73.7 last year). The same modestly downward trend was apparent in the ratings of the other top countries, as well as the continent as a whole.

Mauritius once more took the top overall position with a score of 81.4, followed by Seychelles at 73.7.

The IAAG Index consists of four overarching categories with 14 indices based on 100 sub-indices.

Team Botswana will be coming to D.C.! Five Batswana high school students will be coming to the United States this July 16-18 to compete in the inaugural International Robot Olympics. These students come from Ramotswa, a village just south of Gaborone. They are joined by their adult mentor, Mrs Gaone Karabo, who works as a Senior Teacher of Computer Studies in Kagiso Senior Secondary School. They have been learning about programming and engineering over the past few months, and building a robot that will compete in the games.

The 2017 Independence Picnic will be held at;

1620 Randolph Road
Colesville, MD 20904

Leading up to the Golden Jubilee celebration, Barrington Salmon of The Chronicle discusses Botswana’s journey to becoming an African success story with leaders from government and business.

President Lt Gen. Dr Seretse Khama Ian Khama has encouraged Batswana to strive for even more self-reliance and to build further on the county’s developments.
In his Golden Jubilee Independence Day message on September 30, President Khama also encouraged Batswana to “remain at peace with ourselves and with our neighbours for everlasting stability.”

Click here to see a full transcript of H.E's statement.

Botswana Conservationists and filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert sat down with Ellen Generes to discuss their fascinating documentary, "Soul of the Elephant."