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Botswana Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Botswana with our JSON API.

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API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Botswana.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=bw&category=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 401,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6844d1b46b24d23514e5d01349ca61ce",
            "title": "Victims across South Africa speak out on migration scam after arrest of Vecco Lupa in Botswana",
            "description": "Victims across South Africa, many of whom are foreign nationals, recount their harrowing experiences with Evans Sivechere, aka Vecco Lupa, a migration consultant arrested in Botswana for defrauding clients through a fraudulent international jobs scheme.",
            "content": "Evans Sivechere, known on social media as Vecco Lupa where he often flaunted a flashy lifestyle, is accused of scamming clients across South Africa and Botswana with fake overseas job offers.\nImage: Facebook\nVictims based across South Africa — many o... [4045 chars]",
            "url": "https://pretorianews.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2025-12-02-victims-across-south-africa-speak-out-on-migration-scam-after-arrest-of-vecco-lupa-in-botswana/",
            "image": "https://iol-prod.appspot.com/image/366fb623cb45158dff441aae649ab85b849a8fec/960/jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-02T15:08:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0bee33c1f6333daa2fe61b9383cfa715",
                "name": "pretorianews.co.za",
                "url": "https://pretorianews.co.za"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "00d7605a6223f4f5a4afe7267da3bccf",
            "title": "Victims across South Africa speak out on migration scam after arrest of Vecco Lupa in Botswana",
            "description": "Victims based across South Africa — many of them foreign nationals living in the country — say they were defrauded by Evans Sivechere, also known as Vecco Lupa, the high-flying Zimbabwean migration consultant arrested in Botswana last week on multiple fraud charges linked to an alleged international jobs scam. Sivechere [...]",
            "content": "Victims based across South Africa — many of them foreign nationals living in the country — say they were defrauded by Evans Sivechere, also known as Vecco Lupa, the high-flying Zimbabwean migration consultant arrested in Botswana last week on multipl... [3553 chars]",
            "url": "https://magic828.co.za/victims-across-south-africa-speak-out-on-migration-scam-after-arrest-of-vecco-lupa-in-botswana/",
            "image": "https://image-prod.iol.co.za/16x9/800?source=https://iol-prod.appspot.com/image/366fb623cb45158dff441aae649ab85b849a8fec/960&operation=CROP&offset=0x0&resize=960x540",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-02T11:52:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "057319a99018c2a83a8a4880fdc81c5f",
                "name": "Magic 828",
                "url": "https://magic828.co.za"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6d0289bcacd4756f2ca794f3e9e65a09",
            "title": "What a pioneering female bush guide in Botswana taught me about feminism and conquering my fears",
            "description": "Driving headlong into danger isn’t everyone’s choice for a holiday, writes Victoria Richards, but when you’re with the first female African Bush Camp guide in the Okavango Delta, facing what you’re afraid of is the point",
            "content": "“There’s a leopard out there – hunting,” our guide Bae tells us excitedly, pointing towards the bush. I follow her line of sight past a dazzle of zebras, a tower of giraffe and the waggling tails of the “pumba” (warthogs, so similar to those in The L... [8859 chars]",
            "url": "https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pioneering-female-bush-guide-botswana-110054791.html",
            "image": "https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_independent_577/2bffc07fced20c00010015b9f9c68c83",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-02T11:00:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "63e8b8305a4f2da1ae366a2ec1999561",
                "name": "Yahoo News UK",
                "url": "https://uk.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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