Botswana Current Affairs, GK & News
WHO’s E-2025 initiative
The World Health Organisation recently identified twenty-five countries with the potential to eradicate malaria by 2025. This is called the E-2025 initiative. What is the plan? The identified 25 countries will work by responding to the dual threat of malaria and COVID-19. The WHO is to provide technical guidance and specialised support to these countries ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Botswana • COVID-19 • E-2025 • Eswatini • Malaria • South Africa • World Health Organisation
Cyanobacteria: Cause of death in 330 Botswana Elephants
More than 330 elephants died in Botswana. The first mass death of these elephants were reported in May 2020 when a group of 169 elephants were found dead. Later in July 2020, another 281 were reported to have died mysteriously. The authorities have found that Cyanobacteria is the cause of death in these 330 elephants. ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: African elephant • Botswana • cyanobacteria • Elephant • Great Elephant Census • IUCN • IUCN Red List
Deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana, in recent weeks
The government of Botswana is still in the dark regarding the deaths of hundreds of elephants in the country in the recent weeks and the investigation is still going on by the authorities. Highlights The government has already ruled out poaching and anthrax as the possible causes of deaths of the elephants. There is a ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Botswana • Elephant deaths • National Veterinary Laboratory