Botswana is located at the center of Southern Africa, positioned between South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. One of the world’s poorest countries at independence in 1966, it rapidly became ...

Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has refuted claims that the country’s HIV/AIDS programme is collapsing, following the withdrawal of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Most of that money came as part of a single program, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), launched by President George W. Bush, who said America had a duty to “make this ...

GABORONE, Botswana -- The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $304 million loan to Botswana to support the southern African country in managing mounting fiscal challenges and ...

This follows the withdrawal of the Pepfar fund. US President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal in January 2025. Motsoaledi reiterated that South Africa accounts for the majority of the HIV ...

The African Development Bank has approved a $304 million loan to Botswana to support the southern African country in managing mounting fiscal challenges and implementing key governance and economic ...

The job losses come as a direct result of US President Donald Trump’s January 2025 announcement to withdraw the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar) funding from South Africa ...

US President Donald Trump withdrew the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, in January this year, which in this year would have contributed around R7.9 billion to treatment ...

The Trump administration has canceled or suspended dozens of programs to provide HIV services to the most marginalized communities. The people running those programs say lives are now at risk. In ...

We finally know who’s in and who’s out at the World Health Organization, as Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced his new leadership team on Wednesday. Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu ...