The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ambassador to Botswana, Patrick Mutombo, has positioned the country as a strategic hub ripe for investment despite the raging war in other provinces.

Botswana and Zimbabwe have introduced patrols by traditional regiments along parts of their shared border to help combat cross-border criminal activities.

Regiments are male age groups traditionally organised by communities and are increasingly being used to support public initiatives.

Botswana has approached Zimbabwe to establish an enhanced economic partnership, coinciding with Botswana's significant economic shift aimed at reducing its dependency on diamonds and exploring new avenues for growth.

President Duma Boko has described Botswana's founding president, Sir Seretse Khama, as a staunch but not assertive pan-Africanist who fought tirelessly for economic and political emancipation of SADC.

The Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) is serving as a catalyst in creating direct linkages with established buyers and distributors in Namibia.
 
BITC is a government agency that promotes and facilitates investment and export in the southern African country.
 

Botswana has granted citizenship to 64 refugees as part of commemorating the 2026 World Refugee Day and the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention.

As Botswana prepares to assume the chairmanship of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) on 15 July, President Duma Boko has reaffirmed his country's commitment to strengthening regional integration.

Following the successful implementation of the use of national identity cards as documents for cross-border travel between Namibia and Botswana, authorities in the neighbouring country are using the lessons from the agreement to launch similar arrangements with other countries in the region.

Botswana authorities have raised concern over a growing trend in which more Batswana are opting to travel to Namibia for tourism instead of visiting domestic destinations.

This is despite the fact that the neighbouring country is best known for its legendary Okavango Delta and plentiful wildlife.

The Khama III Memorial Museum in the royal village of Serowe in the central part of Botswana recently received 45 cultural artefacts from the Brighton and Hove Museums in the United Kingdom.