Analysis - Botswana has been lauded as a true 'shining example of democracy in Africa', but when it comes to empowering women in politics the country is like most other African states. In fact it ...

Botswana hunts for another 'Detective' The scene from Alexander McCall Smith's "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" begins with the words, "Mma Ramotswe had a detective agency in Africa, at the foot ...

A landmark ruling in Botswana that affords women equal property inheritance rights paves the way for unfair customary laws that favour men to be challenged across the region, campaigners said.