Botswana

[ bot-swah-nuh ]

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noun

a republic in southern Africa: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 275,000 sq. mi. (712,250 sq. km). : Gaborone.

Botswana

/ bɒt-; bʊtˈswɑːnə; bʊˈtʃwɑːnə /

noun

a republic in southern Africa: established as the British protectorate of Bechuanaland in 1885 as a defence against the Boers; became an independent state within the Commonwealth in 1966; consists mostly of a plateau averaging 1000 m (3300 ft), with the extensive Okavango swamps in the northwest and the Kalahari Desert in the southwest. Languages: English and Tswana. Religion: animist majority. Currency: pula. Capital: Gaborone. Pop: 2 127 825 (2013 est). Area: about 570 000 sq km (220 000 sq miles)

Botswana

Republic in south-central Africa , bordered on the south by South Africa , the west by Namibia , the north by Angola and Zambia , and the northeast by Zimbabwe ; formerly called Bechuanaland. The capital and largest city is Gaborone.

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Botswana became independent from British control in the 1960s.

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The 3,200 entries this year came from as far afield as Hawaii, New Zealand, South Korea, Botswana and Georgia, along with many from around the UK.

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The judgement also referred back to his time working as a teacher in Botswana in the 1980s, when he "caned many students, and enjoyed doing so".

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Sentebale was founded by Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso in 2006 with a focus on addressing the effects of HIV and Aids on young people in the southern African nations of Lesotho and Botswana.

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She has another film in development set in Zambia, but also a movie with “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins’ company Pastel that would shoot in Europe and a sci-fi project set in Botswana.

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A bloodied but determined honey badger pursues a Cape porcupine in Botswana.

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