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Saturday, Apr 13

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Elephant in the room: Why Botswana, Namibia want fewer of the gentle giants

www.aljazeera.com

Botswana alone is home to a third of the entire African elephant population - more than any other country in the world.

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Southern Africa: Botswana Objects to G7-EU Diamond-Tracking System

allafrica.com

Gaborone, Botswana -- African diamond producers, led by Botswana, are demanding a review of the tracking and verification system that European Union and G7 nations introduced March 1.

Friday, Apr 12

07

Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo Named African Athlete Of The Month

newsghana.com.gh

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Sammy Heywood Okine, https://newsghana.com.gh/botswanas-letsile-tebogo-named-african-athlete-of-the-month/Africa Sports Ventures Group, now in charge of the rebranded African Athlete…

Thursday, Apr 11

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Botswana: Fossil Beetles Found in a Botswana Diamond Mine Help Us to Reconstruct the Distant Past

allafrica.com

When most people think of fossils they probably picture bones. But there's much more to the global fossil record: plants, shells, minerals and insects. The study of fossil insects is called palaeoentomology. Palaeoentomologists like myself…

Wednesday, Apr 10

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Fossil beetles found in a Botswana diamond mine help us to reconstruct the distant past

theconversation.com

This is one of the first fossil rove beetles ever discovered on the continent and in the southern hemisphere more broadly.

Sunday, Apr 7

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Friday, Apr 5

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Botswana: Botswana Leads Calls On G7 Countries to Review Diamond Tracking Initiative

allafrica.com

Gaborone, Botswana -- Africa's leading diamond producer, Botswana, has written to the Group of Seven leading industrial countries seeking to reverse an initiative requiring all producers to send gems to Belgium for certification. This…

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Botswana Vows To Export 20,000 Elephants Amid Germany’s Import Ban

newsghana.com.gh

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Desk, https://newsghana.com.gh/botswana-vows-to-export-20000-elephants-amid-germanys-import-ban/Germany’s proposed ban on the import of hunting trophies over poaching concerns has…

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Why Botswana threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany

www.pulse.ng

Botswanans struggle to live with elephants and the number of elephants in the country has approximately surged to 130,000.

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Elephants in Germany and space! Alternative destinations for Botswana’s unwanted mammals

www.politico.eu

President of southern African country wants to offload elephants to Germany. Bring it on!

Thursday, Apr 4

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Why is Botswana threatening to send herdes of elephants to Germany?

www.africanews.com

Germans should try to “live together with the animals, in the way you are trying to tell us to.” “This is not a joke” President Mokgweetsi Masisi

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Want an elephant? Botswana’s president says his country has too many.

President Mokgweetsi Masisi has bridled at calls by Germany and Britain to ban trophy hunting, suggesting that these countries try to live with the enormous animals themselves.

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‘Won’t take no for an answer’: Why is Botswana threatening to send herds of elephants to Germany?

www.euronews.com

Home to the world’s largest elephant population, Botswana has already gifted 8,000 of the animals to Angola and offered another 500 to Mozambique.

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Botswana president threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany

dailypost.ng

Botswana president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amid a dispute over the import of hunting trophies. DAILY POST reports that Germany’s environment ministry earlier this year raised the possibility…

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WATCH | Botswana threatens Germany with 20,000 elephants

www.timeslive.co.za

The president of Botswana has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany.

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Botswana Threatens to Send 20,000 Elephants to Germany for Limiting Import of Hunting Trophies Into EU

www.latestly.com

Botswana has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amidst a growing dispute over the import of hunting trophies. The disagreement began earlier this year when Germany’s environment ministry proposed stricter limits on trophy…

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Survivor, 8, Of Crash That Killed 45 Returns To Botswana

newtelegraphng.com

An eight-year-old girl, the only passenger who survived after a bus plunged off a bridge in South Africa, has left hospital and flown back to her home country. Forty-five pilgrims were travelling from Botswana’s capital, Gaborone, to an…

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