Botswana
Botswana: Criminal Gangs Target Foreigners
Date: August 4th, 2010 |
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The U.S. Embassy in Gaborone released a message stating that criminal gangs have been targeting individuals they perceive to be easy targets, with several serious incidents against foreigners within a week. The incidents include the stabbing of an expat during an attempted laptop robbery near Kgale Hill; the armed robbery of a group of diplomats [read more]
Botswana
Date: April 27th, 2004 | No Comments
A popular country for observing African wildlife, Botswana has its share of risks, including a high crime rate, with non-confrontational, non-violent crimes the most common. The greatest risk to visitors, however, is injury in vehicular accidents. Traffic is lawless, with red-light running and green-light signal jumping common, and transit vehicles such as minibuses and taxis [read more]
Botswana: Areas of Central Kalahari Game Reserve Closed
Date: March 28th, 2006 | No Comments
The government has closed the southern and southwestern sections of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve allegedly because domestic animals in the area have diseases that could spread to wildlife. The real reason may be to keep tourists and the press out of the areas where the government forcibly removed Bushmen from their ancestral lands in [read more]
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