Polls opened at 6:30 a.m. for more than a million people registered to vote, with four presidential candidates in the race to head the region's oldest democracy

Botswana votes in general elections with ruling party seeking to extend its rule, amid concerns of unemployment and corruption.

Botswana will hold a general election on Wednesday with President Mokgweetsi Masisi competing against three challengers for a second term in the diamond-rich state.

Botswana holds a presidential election on Wednesday energised by a campaign by one previous head-of-state to unseat his handpicked successor whose first term ha...

The party that has governed the country since 1966 could lose power as the economy struggles from a slump in demand for diamonds, which made Botswana an African success story.

Polls have opened in an election in Botswana and voters are deciding if one of Africa’s longest-ruling parties stays on for another five-year term.