Gaborone
GABORONE, Botswana - Botswana's government has charged the former defense minister with corruption.
GABORONE - Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari Monday wrapped up his three-day visit to Botswana Monday evening with the same message he carried to other African countries - India will not be prescriptive while providing assistance.
GABORONE - India has extended a line of credit of $20 million and a grant of $8 million to the southern African state of Botswana, a country often held up as a model of good governance in Africa and whose diamond resource is eyed by the world.
GABORONE - On the last leg of his three-nation African tour, Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari arrived in Botswana Saturday, hoping to increase direct access to the country's famed uncut diamonds for the Indian diamond industry.
