Seismic change in Botswana as party that ruled for 58 years loses power

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The party of Botswana's opposition candidate Duma Boko was declared the election winner Friday over incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi in a seismic change that ended the ruling party’s 58 years in power since independence from Britain. Masisi conceded...

Botswana's president concedes defeat in election to end his party's 58 years in power

Botswana holds an election where the diamond trade has become a central issue

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — 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 governed the southern African nation for 58 years, since independence from...

Polls open in an election in Botswana, where the governing party has been in power since 1966

Diamond-rich Botswana holds an election with new economic challenges for a long-ruling party

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — Botswana votes in a national election this week that will decide if the ruling party extends a 58-year stretch in power in a southern African country that is a leading diamond producer and often held up as one of the most stable and least corrupt democracies on the...

The biggest diamond in over a century is found in Botswana — a whopping 2,492 carats

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country's president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a viewing ceremony Thursday. The Botswana government says the huge 2,492-carat diamond is...

Benjamin of US holds off Tebogo of Botswana to win men's 4x400 relay at Paris Olympics

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Rai Benjamin held off Letsile Tebogo on the anchor leg to give the United States a gold medal and an Olympic-record time in the men's 4x400-meter relay at the Paris Games on Saturday night. “I calculated that run very well to a T," Benjamin said. "I...

Coach says Noah Lyles had a 102 fever when he won a bronze; says he'll be back for 2028 Olympics

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The night American sprinter Noah Lyles won a bronze medal, he had a fever of around 102 degrees Fahrenheit (39 Celsius), according to his coach Lance Brauman. It's what made that medal, in his last sprint at the Paris Olympics, all the more impressive to...

Botswana's people get the afternoon off work to celebrate a first gold at the Olympics

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The country of diamonds now has a gold. The people of Botswana were given the afternoon off work Friday through a presidential decree so they could celebrate its first gold medal at the Olympics. Sprinter Letsile Tebogo's win in the 200...

Letsile Tebogo makes a case for African sprinters with thrilling Olympic victory in the 200 meters

PARIS (AP) — Letsile Tebogo is from Botswana in southern Africa, a continent with a rich history of producing world-class runners. Just not like the kind Tebogo does for a living. He's hoping 20 seconds of greatness — check 19.46 seconds of greatness — might change that. ...