Tag: Botswana
Ammunition management under the SADC spotlight
Southern African Development Community (SADC) efforts to manage and control ammunition in its area of responsibility took another step forward with an informal regional...
Disaster management also a focus of Ex Southern Accord
Disaster management is an important component of humanitarian operations undertaken by the military and was given due attention during the just-ended Exercise Southern Accord...
Ex Southern Accord underway in Botswana
Southern African Development Community (SADC) founding member Botswana is currently hosting Exercise Southern Accord, a two-week joint military exercise to upskill participants in humanitarian...
US, Botswana finalise planning for exercise Southern Accord 2024
The US Army and Botswana Defence Force (BDF) have concluded the final planning conference for exercise Southern Accord 2024, which takes place from 5-16...
US gifts C-130 Hercules to Botswana
The United States has delivered a C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft to Botswana to enhance the country’s ability to support military, humanitarian, and emergency response...
African Chiefs of Defense Conference comes to Botswana
In a move that promises to continue to reshape the landscape of regional security and cooperation, the United States and Botswana are set to...
Senior UN peacekeeping official meets SADC Executive Secretary
While in Africa, United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary General for peace operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix met Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary Elias Magosi with...
Botswana exits SAMIM as Rwanda grows troop numbers
The withdrawal of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) contingent to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) last week is the...
SANDF hosting Military Skills Competition 2023
The South African Army Armour Formation will be hosting the Military Skills Competition 2023 in Potchefstroom, with international military participants from Angola, Botswana, Germany,...
SADC communication exercise ends
A two-week southern Africa regional military communications exercise wrapped up in Botswana with the conclusion it would be of value to the Southern African...
SADC exercise will boost regional standby force
Ten of 16 Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries are presently part of a “communication exercise” – COMMEX - to boost the building...
Botswana, Namibia launch Hanganee II joint exercise
Namibia and Botswana have kicked off the joint military exercise Hanganee II, which is being held in Namibia.
The exercise, under the theme Enhancing Joint...
African nations developing air transport sharing mechanism
African nations are looking at developing an Air Transport Sharing Mechanism to improve the African Union’s airlift capability, and a conference to this effect...
SADC “fairly stable and peaceful” – executive secretary
Elias Mogosi, the top official of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), told a senior European foreign affairs specialist the region is “fairly stable...
Africom chief concludes southern African visit
US Army General Stephen Townsend, commander, US Africa Command, has wrapped up a multi-country trip to the Southern Africa region, where he visited civilian...
SA soldiers nab Botswana stock thieves
South African soldiers apprehended two stock thieves after being asked to assist by Botswana police in the form of that country’s special support group...
SADC log depot for Botswana
Another step on a seemingly endless road to a Southern African Development Community (SADC) logistics depot for its standby force this week saw Botswana...
Botswana soldier dead in Mozambique accident
A Botswana Defence Force (BDF) soldier, recently deployed to Mozambique as part of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) assistance force, has died in...
Botswana officially deploys troops to Mozambique
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) has officially deployed troops to Mozambique to take part in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission there.
Botswana’s President...
UAVs to the rescue for Botswana’s pregnant population
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as drones, are providing lifesaving care to women in remote parts of Botswana, who face the possibility of...
Third and final Enstrom 480B handed over to Botswana Police
Safomar Aviation has handed over the third and final Enstrom 480B helicopter to the Botswana Police Service Air Support Branch.
The first aircraft, BPS-11, was...
Second group of Botswana police pilots training on Enstrom 480B
The second group of pilots from the Botswana Police Service Air Support Branch have arrived in South Africa for their second Enstrom 480B Helicopter...
Botswana Defence Force AS350 crashes
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Air Wing has lost an AS350B Ecureuil (Squirrel) helicopter in a crash during an anti-poaching mission.
According to BDF spokesperson...
Safeguarding Botswana’s living treasures
Botswana is taking a comprehensive approach to safeguard one of its most valuable resources — its wildlife.
Botswana’s commitment to its diverse and majestic wildlife...
ISS: Migrant smugglers are profiting from travel restrictions
Travel and movement restrictions do not deter people from fleeing conflict, violence and dangerous and inhumane conditions – they merely drive more people to...
ISS: Motsepe saga continues to bedevil Botswana-SA relations
One of the many mysteries about the Bridgette Motsepe affair is why President Mokgweetsi Masisi is pursuing it so relentlessly despite the harm it...
Botswana police to receive Enstrom 480Bs in August
The Botswana Police Service will be receiving its three new Enstrom 480B helicopters in August, after their delivery was delayed by two months due...
Botswana Defence Force hardware delivered via Namibia
Images that have emerged on social media allegedly showing Chinese military vehicles arriving in Cape Town are in fact of Botswana Defence Force (BDF)...
Cigarette trafficker arrested at border post
A 31-year-old suspect is expected to appear in the Lehurutshe Magistrates’ Court on charges of smuggling counterfeit cigarettes.
The suspect was arrested on Friday by...
Elephant hunts auctioned in Botswana
Botswana auctioned six licences to hunt 60 elephants, the first in the southern African country since President Mokgweetsi Masisi lifted a five-year ban on...
Botswana inks deal with Enstrom for three 480B helicopters
Enstrom Helicopter has confirmed that Botswana has ordered three Enstrom 480B turbine helicopters for its police force, with a delegation from Botswana at the...
Botswana police order three Enstrom 480B helicopters
The Botswana Police Air Support branch has ordered three new Enstrom 480B turbine helicopters from Safomar Aviation and these will join its fleet of...
Botswana election result challenged
Botswana’s main opposition party is challenging the results of 16 parliamentary constituencies won by the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in last month’s election,...
Ruling party wins Botswana election
The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) won the general election securing 29 national assembly seats, representing 51% of the vote, the chief justice announced.
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Construction to start on SADC Botswana log depot next year
Construction work on a multi-million dollar Southern African Development Community (SADC) Standby Force regional logistics depot is set to start in May next year.
The...
North Carolina National Guard Engineers work on building projects
More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey are training in partnership with their Botswana Defense Force counterparts...
Exercise Upward Minuteman Begins in Botswana
Approximately 200 personnel from the North Carolina and Alabama National Guards and over 300 Botswana Defence Force service members are participating in exercise Upward...
Botswana lifts ban on big game hunting
Botswana, home to almost a third of Africa’s elephants, lifted a ban on big game hunting on Wednesday, citing growing conflict between humans and...
A critical fight: anti-poaching with the H125
In Namibia and Botswana, government agencies are using the Airbus Helicopters H125 to fight the surge in wildlife crimes.
The statistics are dire. Less than...
Botswana acquires another C212
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) has acquired an additional C212 light transport aircraft, its second in two years.
The aircraft was recently seen at Lanseria...
SANDF not part of any alleged Botswana coup
The SA National Defence Force (SANDF) “rejects with contempt” allegations of apparent involvement in an allegedly soon-to-be staged coup d’état in neighbouring Botswana.
At the...
ISS: Masisi and Khama’s spat rocks the steady Botswana boat
Will the increasingly ugly and public spat between Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his predecessor Ian Khama remain just a shoving match? Or could...
Botswana component of SADC Standby Force ready for peace support ops
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) hosted an inspection from a Southern African Development Community (SADC) specialist team to check on readiness for African Standby...
SADC conducts military health exercise
Another part of preparation for the southern African regional bloc to take command of the African Standby Force (ASF) was recently completed...
Botswana to host ALFS 19
The Botswana Defence Force will partner with U.S. Army Africa in June 2019 to co-host the seventh African Land Forces Summit (ALFS)...
ISS: Protecting Botswana’s elephants isn’t a numbers game
In September this year, Elephants Without Borders (EWB) director Dr Mike Chase released a statement about the discovery of 87 elephant carcasses...
Air Botswana takes delivery of its first ATR 72-600
Air Botswana has taken delivery of its first ATR 72-600. The aircraft is the first of a contract signed in July for...
Protecting Africa’s wildlife with intelligence and passion
Three rhinos are poached every single day in Africa. More than 1,000 rhinos have died in South Africa annually since 2012. The...
Botswana Defence Force lost an aircraft a year to crashes
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Air Wing has lost nine aircraft and six personnel to air crashes over the past 10 years,...
North Carolina Air National Guard security forces visit Botswana
Three members of North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing Security Forces travelled to Botswana in late June to work side-by-side...
