Heavy rain caused severe traffic disruption and forced the closure of several roads, local media Mmegi reported. Reuters was able to independently verify the location of the video from the outline of ...

Botswana has put its capital, Gaborone, back into a two-week lockdown starting Friday, closing schools and restricting movements, after confirmed local COVID-19 transmissions doubled this week.

GABORONE, April 30 (Reuters) - Botswana's central bank on Thursday slashed the benchmark policy rate by 50 basis points to 4.25% in a raft of interventions aimed at cushioning the economic impact of ...