GABORONE, Botswana – A court in Botswana has dismissed the president's effort to change the process of selecting the vice president. Opposition parties welcomed the court's decision Friday to ...

Botswana's Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe will double as finance minister, new President Duma Boko said on Monday, announcing the first ministerial positions in his cabinet.

“We have the strongest democracy in Africa and should guard it jealously,” said Botswana President Seretse Khama Ian Khama, in his farewell speech to Parliament.