Botswana Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Botswana with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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This request returns the current top nation headlines from Botswana. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=bw&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --data-urlencode "country=bw" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "nation", "country": "bw", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "nation",
    country: "bw",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "nation",
    "country"  => "bw",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=bw&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 6280,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ec168453c883e069a47797b793a36d2f",
            "title": "Yabbies Invade African Rivers, Threatening Ecosystems",
            "description": "Every year, the upper Zambesi River breaks its banks and spreads across the wide Barotse floodplains in Zambia. Author Rachael King Head of",
            "content": "Every year, the upper Zambesi River breaks its banks and spreads across the wide Barotse floodplains in Zambia.\nThese seasonal wetlands are famed for their exceptional richness of species, from birds to unique cichlid fish.\nBut there are signs of pro... [6910 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/yabbies-invade-african-rivers-threatening-1760506/",
            "image": "https://cdn1.miragenews.com/tmp_cache?cdn=images.unsplash.com%2Fphoto-1505751172876-fa1923c5c528%3Fixid%3DMXwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHw%253D%26amp%3Bixlib%3Drb-1.2.1%26amp%3Bauto%3Dformat%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop%26amp%3Bw%3D1350%26amp%3Bq%3D80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:58:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "36508dc6871c62b79b84b16a6d40b351",
            "title": "Obasanjo, Jonathan, Utomi task African media on reclaiming continent’s narratives",
            "description": "‌‌‍‌‍‍⁠⁠‍‍FORMER Nigerian presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, Political Economist Prof. Pat Utomi and former Botswana president, Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, have urged African media to challenge negative stereotypes, promote African enterprise and strengthen continental integration. The African leaders gave the charge at the unveiling of C54 News Global Streaming Dome platform in Uyo, Akwa Ibom on",
            "content": "Politics\n‌‌‍‌‍‍⁠⁠‍‍FORMER Nigerian presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, Political Economist Prof. Pat Utomi and former Botswana president, Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, have urged African media to challenge negative stereotypes, promote Africa... [5589 chars]",
            "url": "https://realnewsmagazine.net/obasanjo-jonathan-utomi-task-african-media-on-reclaiming-continents-narratives/",
            "image": "https://realnewsmagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-441.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:52:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9888edbe71893a37b4cca3e52c4323f0",
                "name": "Realnews Magazine",
                "url": "https://realnewsmagazine.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "46c62afd8dd664620a3a445ee6120a82",
            "title": "Foundation Unveils Initiative To Promote African Trade, Tourism",
            "description": "An NGO, I Believe Cultural and Social Development Foundation, has unveiled  an initiative aimed at  promoting  African trade, tourism and cultural diversity.",
            "content": "By Kelu Musa\nAn NGO, I Believe Cultural and Social Development Foundation, has unveiled an initiative aimed at promoting African trade, tourism and cultural diversity.\nThe News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the foundation unveiled the African ... [4802 chars]",
            "url": "https://nannews.ng/foundation-unveils-initiative-to-promote-african-trade-tourism/",
            "image": "https://nannews.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-NAN-animated-logo-2-1-32x32.gif",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:00:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ae632eb26a8e0022453800179c436dcb",
                "name": "News Agency of Nigeria",
                "url": "https://nannews.ng"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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