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Botswana |
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Police discover an explosive outside the President's residence, detonate it in a controlled setting. |
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Botswana |
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A vigilante mob attacks a group of armed robbers after they rob a house. |
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Botswana |
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A vigilante mob attacks a group of armed robbers after they rob a house. |
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Botswana |
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Police in Botswana fired tear gas on rioting students angry over a teachers' strike. Teachers' union secretary Justin Hunyepa says the students rioted in Molepolole, some 30 miles (50 kilometers) outside Gaborone, on Friday. He says 95 per cent of teachers are on strike nationwide |
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Botswana |
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Botswana's striking government employees caused public disorder in the African country's second city Francistown on Tuesday as thousands of strikers barricaded roads with burning tires. According to local radio GABZ, the striking workers in the city took to the streets, barricading roads, burning tires and even throwing stones at passing cars. The police had to use tear gas to disperse the rioters, some workers have been arrested by the police. |
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Botswana |
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Violent protests by Botswana's public service workers, who are embroiled in a wage dispute with President Ian Khama's government. |
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Botswana |
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Reports that Botswana's security forces are arresting and intimidating Bushmen in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). Reports that a large group of police officers have set up a permanent camp close to the community of Metsiamenong, which famously resisted Botswana's brutal evictions. |
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24.0089 |
Botswana |
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Polcie accused of violence and intimidation when arresting San Bushmen suspected of hunting without permits. |
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25.90859 |
Botswana |
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After a football game, minor riots erupted at the stadium. A football assaulted a journalist for taking his photo. |
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Botswana |
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150 cleaning staff at Princess Marina Hospital go on strike due to unpaid wages. |