GABORONE, Botswana — Botswana held a national election on Wednesday to decide if one of Africa's longest-ruling parties stays in power for another five-year term. The Botswana Democratic Party has ...

Africa’s leading diamond producer, Botswana, is facing renewed economic pressure as a prolonged slump in the global diamond ...

The downgrade comes despite signs of economic recovery. Botswana’s economy expanded 8.2 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, rebounding from a revised 5.2 percent contraction in the ...

A chance encounter with President Ian Khama of Botswana connected a local Madison business owner with the country producing many of his diamonds. Brent Meade, owner of Gruno’s Diamonds, describes ...

The diamond, recovered from stockpiled ore, highlights Karowe’s value as Lucara advances underground expansion plans.

Explorer shelves long-time pursuit of gems, switching focus to in demand copper as lab-grown product undermines diamond ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 2,492-carat diamond was unearthed at Botswana's famed Karowe mine this week by Canada's Lucara Diamond, one of the largest ...

GABORONE, Botswana — In a village outside Botswana ’s capital, Keorapetse Koko sat on an aging couch in her sparsely furnished home, stunned that a career — and an entire nation’s economy — built on ...

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