The global backlash against Botswana’s decision to lift its elephant hunting ban on May 22 has been strong and swift. Tourists are already threatening to boycott the luxury safari destination — ...

Botswana, the flat, sparsely populated, land-bound country in southern Africa—sustained by diamond mining, cattle raising, and high-end tourism—is an unlikely candidate for an international public ...

Lebalang Ramatokwane surveys a jagged hole in the concrete wall surrounding his half-built guesthouse on the outskirts of Kasane, a small tourist town in the far north of Botswana. A few days earlier, ...

Botswana has lifted its elephant hunting ban, after a five-year probation period. The country's officials said that the reversal of the ban followed "extensive consultations with all the stakeholders, ...

Herd of African Elephants, Okavango River, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa (Photo by Marka/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Today’s Wall Street Journal carried an edifying op-ed penned ...

FILE - In this March 3, 2013 file photo elephants drink water in the Chobe National Park in Botswana. A conservation group says elephant poaching has increased in Botswana, which has long been viewed ...

The government is revoking a ban on elephant hunting. Some say that's good news for the tourist business and local farmers who say the animals... Lebalang Ramatokwane surveys a jagged hole in the ...