Botswana is a land of contrasting landscapes, from the vast salt pans of Makgadikgadi to the fertile plains of the Okavango ...

Botswana has issued 400 elephant hunting licenses amid fresh opposition from conservationists. International hunters pay up ...

the director of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, said the government acknowledged there was a poaching problem. "Nobody can deny that elephants are being killed in Botswana," but ...

Dr Cyril Taolo, acting director for Botswana's department of wildlife and national parks, told the Guardian they had so far confirmed at least 280 elephants had died, and were in the process of ...