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Monday, 20 April 2026
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Politics

Boko urges BNF to unite around faith and economic reform

The News

At the BNF's 60th anniversary gala, President Duma Boko emphasized leadership driven by faith and long-term vision, while warning that diamonds account for about 80 per cent of national revenue and calling for urgent economic diversification through infrastructure projects, improved bureaucratic efficiency, and production-based empowerment. He also stressed the need for rule of law and institutional reform.

20 April 2026 · Daily News Botswana

Politics

  1. Boko urges BNF to unite around faith and economic reform

    At the BNF's 60th anniversary gala, President Duma Boko emphasized leadership driven by faith and long-term vision, while warning that diamonds account for about 80 per cent of national revenue and calling for urgent economic diversification through infrastructure projects, improved bureaucratic efficiency, and production-based empowerment. He also stressed the need for rule of law and institutional reform.

    20 April 2026 · Daily News Botswana

Business

  1. NBIFRA estimates P1 billion cost of corruption annually

    The Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority's National Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment Report identified corruption as a prevalent money-laundering threat, with researchers noting it generates substantial illicit proceeds and enables criminals to exploit public institutions.

    20 April 2026 · Mmegi

Agriculture & Land

  1. EU suspends beef imports from Botswana over FMD outbreak

    The European Union has suspended beef imports from Botswana's larger foot and mouth disease (FMD) free zones following an FMD outbreak in Zone 11. The World Organisation for Animal Health also suspended the FMD free status of the affected zone, and disease surveillance has detected FMD in three additional crushes, prompting movement bans and vaccination efforts.

    20 April 2026 · Daily News Botswana

Society

  1. Ngakaagae defends P1.5 million salary deduction from DIS officers

    Lawyer Ngakaagae has responded to DIS staff accusations of an unlawful P1.5 million salary deduction, explaining a four-year legal dispute where the spy agency misdirected settlement funds meant for the law firm to officers directly, leaving the firm with unrecovered costs that DIS agreed to recover from staff salaries—a move officers now challenge.

    20 April 2026 · Mmegi

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