GABORONE, 1 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Botswana's decision to introduce routine HIV testing in all its health facilities was driven by the growing realisation that plans to provide anti-AIDS medication were likely to fail unless more people were tested.Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 5 Dec 2005 (IRIN) - A move to reintroduce school fees in Botswana is causing controversy, with politicians and education experts warning that it may be a step backwards. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 29 Nov 2005 (IRIN) - In a further hardening of its stance against employing foreigners, the Botswana government has announced that it will not be renewing the work permits of those working as teachers and drivers and will probe the hiring of artisans in the mining sector. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 10 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - The government of Botswana says accusations that Bushmen are being evicted at gunpoint from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) are "absolute rubbish". Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 23 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - The government of Botswana has denied allegations that it is launching a 'massive crackdown' on the Bushmen of the central Kalahari.Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 10 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - The government of Botswana says it has "no problem" with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People visiting the country for a briefing on the San Bushmen, who are contesting their relocation from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 4 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - The main opposition Botswana Congress Party (BCP) has joined media rights groups in condemning a government decision to cancel the work permits of two Zimbabwean journalists and order their immediate expulsion.Full report

GABORONE, 27 Jul 2005 (IRIN) - A split has emerged among groups campaigning against relocation of the San Bushmen from Botswana's Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). Full report

TSAU, 20 Jul 2005 (IRIN) - For over 20 years descendants of the Herero, wearing traditional dress ironically modelled on German military uniforms of the early 20th century, have gathered in Botswana each July to pay homage to thousands of their people killed in neighbouring Namibia after an uprising against German settlers. Full report

JOHANNESBURG, 14 Jul 2005 (IRIN) - Botswana's largest trade union federation is to meet with President Festus Mogae on Friday in a bid to tackle ongoing labour unrest.Full report

BOTSWANA: Culture under threat - Special Report on the San Bushmen (II)

BOTSWANA: Culture under threat - Special Report on the San Bushmen (I)

BOTSWANA: Govt hardens stance on hiring foreigners

BOTSWANA: Unions to protest over alleged rights abuses

BOTSWANA: Minority ethnic groups feel new bill still discriminates

BOTSWANA: Raising youth AIDS awareness like 'trying to fight a dead animal'