Botswana’s economy rebounded in the third quarter of 2025, expanding to its fastest pace in five years after contracting in ...

The world’s largest diamond was discovered near Pretoria, South Africa in 1905 when Frederick Wells, a mine superintendent, carried out a routine inspection at the Premier Mine. The 2,492 carat ...

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The Botswana government signed a new diamond sales agreement crucial to its economy with the De Beers mining company on Tuesday after seven years of negotiations. The deal ...

The largest diamond to be unearthed in more than a century has been found in Botswana, a country in Southern Africa. Botswana's president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, and William Lamb, President and CEO of ...

A massive 2,492-carat diamond has been mined in Botswana. The gem, unveiled by the country’s president at a viewing ceremony on Thursday, is the second-largest diamond ever found and the biggest since ...

A massive 2,492-carat diamond – the second largest in the world – has been discovered in Botswana, the Canadian mining company that found the stone announced Thursday, 22 August. The diamond was found ...

Botswana plans to open an embassy in Moscow soon and has invited Russian investors to cooperate on rare earths and diamonds, Russia’s TASS state news agency quoted Botswana’s foreign minister as ...

GABORONE, Botswana — In a village outside Botswana ’s capital, Keorapetse Koko sat on an aging couch in her sparsely furnished home, stunned that a career — and an entire nation’s economy — built on ...

The golden passport, which would require foreigners to pay a one-off investment of up to around $100,000 in exchange for ...

GABORONE, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Botswana has extended the mining licence of the Karowe Diamond mine by 25 years to 2046 as the high-value mine owned by Lucara Diamond Corp (LUC.TO), opens new tab prepares ...