Botswana Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Botswana with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as 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);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($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": 6816,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5a01329b27aa58d217e48cb1d2d75def",
            "title": "Fresh Botswanan Oranges, Mandarins, Lemons and Grapefruit Granted China Market Access",
            "description": "On Oct. 27, Chinese customs authorities announced that fresh oranges, mandarins, lemons and grapefruit from Botswana could be imported into China.",
            "content": "On Oct. 27, the General Administration of Customs of China announced via its website that four types of fresh citrus fruit — oranges, mandarins, grapefruit and lemons — from Botswana meeting the stipulated phytosanitary requirements would be permissi... [2133 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.producereport.com/article/fresh-botswanan-oranges-mandarins-lemons-grapefruit-granted-china-market-access",
            "image": "https://www.producereport.com/sites/default/files/field/image/main%20image_126.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T19:18:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "332058c7ec920f88491e1bc8fcc4606d",
                "name": "Produce Report",
                "url": "https://www.producereport.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e0beb61aad19ec338090fcf48cddd596",
            "title": "Botswana Shifts Oversight of School Infrastructure Company to Transport Ministry",
            "description": "Botswana has transferred the Education Infrastructure and Management Company (EIMC) from the Ministry of Child Welfare and Basic Education to the",
            "content": "Botswana has transferred the Education Infrastructure and Management Company (EIMC) from the Ministry of Child Welfare and Basic Education to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.\nThe state-owned company will retain its mandate to develop, mo... [2875 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-services/0311-60443-botswana-shifts-oversight-of-school-infrastructure-company-to-transport-ministry",
            "image": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/media/k2/items/cache/984ff0b4658a8a68cd91ef5efb06ff2f_S.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T16:58:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b92186fbc476117113661ff7f0762229",
                "name": "Ecofin Agency",
                "url": "https://www.ecofinagency.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cc9ebfa1bf17b14069723583b4596f73",
            "title": "How Ian Khama failed to kill the truth",
            "description": "A former editor of The Sunday Standard in Botswana reflects on the irony of ex-President Ian Khama lecturing Zambia on democratic freedoms, recalling the media clampdowns and forced exile journalists faced under his own rule.",
            "content": "A personal account of the battle to kill a Botswana newspaper\nFormer Botswana President Ian Khama’s relentless public attacks on President Hakainde Hichilema have sparked a fierce backlash from Zambians, who are stoutly defending their democratic spa... [8290 chars]",
            "url": "https://times.co.zm/how-ian-khama-failed-to-kill-the-truth/",
            "image": "https://times.co.zm/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Serious-Man-in-Courtroom-Bench.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T14:15:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "44efd336f63cc9716716f6955637f59a",
                "name": "Times of Zambia -",
                "url": "https://times.co.zm"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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