By Boniface Keakabetse for Okavango Express In a momentous occasion, Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi recently opened the 1 billion pula (£36.4 million) Okavango River Bridge in Mohembo.

The Okavango in Southern Africa is a special river born in the highlands of Angola. Unlike most rivers that flow toward the shores of a nearby ocean, it instead runs inland through Botswana.

The Okavango River Basin has a network of river systems traversing Angola, Botswana and Namibia which supplies water to nearly 1 million people as well as the region's wildlife population.

Rains that fall in Angola during the previous wet season, from November through May, propel the Okavango River along its 1,000-mile downhill course in June, pushing with it 2.5 trillion gallons of ...

It belongs to him. [ Low roar ] ♪♪ ♪♪ But the river itself doesn't belong to him alone: everyone lays claim to their piece of the Okavango, this river of dreams.

From Botswana, UNSW researchers have collaborated with international partners to protect the future of the Cubango-Okavango ...

Protect the Okavango River Basin from corporate drilling October 14, 2021 More than 3 years ago Botswana's Okavango Delta is shown. (© Peter Moore) By Prince Harry and Reinhold Mangundu ...

­­­­­­­­­­About OKACOM: The Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) is a River-Basin Organisation, established by the governments of Angola, Botswana and Namibia under ...

As the rivers of the Okavango Basin pump life into an otherwise dry African region, a group of researchers follows the flow every year to determine how we can help keep these waters alive.

Prince Harry wrote an op-ed for 'The Washington Post' calling for an end to corporate drilling in one of Africa's most precious rivers.

BRIT tourists were left horrified after a raging elephant protecting its baby charged their boat and nearly sank it in a ...

In a momentous occasion, Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi recently opened the 1 billion pula (£36.4 million) Okavango River Bridge in Mohembo. In 2016, Government of Botswana contracted ...