Botswana News API

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            "title": "Jai Opetaia wins Zuffa world cruiserweight championship and now determined to unify the division",
            "description": "Australias Jai Opetaia earns resounding win over Brandon Glanton in first fight on American soil; 30-year-old takes immaculate professional record to 30-0 with all three judges scoring fight 119-106; Opetaia now chasing all the belts as he aims to become undisputed cruiserweight king",
            "content": "Jai Opetaia breezed past Brandon Glanton to become the inaugural Zuffa world cruiserweight champion with a unanimous-decision win in Nevada.\nAll three judges scored the fight 119-106 in the Australian's favour as he extended his unbeaten record as a ... [1186 chars]",
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            "title": "Government attacks on mainstream media undermine the credibility of democracy in BotswanaGovernment attacks on mainstream media undermine the credibility of democracy in Botswana",
            "description": "\"What is at stake in Botswana media is not only law reforms but the viability of journalism in a disrupted, underfunded and rapidly changing environment.\"\"What is at stake in Botswana media is not only law reforms but the viability of journalism in a disrupted, underfunded and rapidly changing environment.\"",
            "content": "By Keletso Thobega, a development journalist based in Gaborone, Botswana.\nIn most discussions of democracy in Africa, Botswana is among the first countries to come up. Respected for its peace and tranquillity, the country, which gained its independen... [6328 chars]",
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            "title": "Botswana: Boko Refutes Death Penalty Opposition Allegations",
            "description": "President Advocate Duma Boko has refuted allegations that he opposes the death penalty.",
            "content": "Gaborone — President Advocate Duma Boko has refuted allegations that he opposes the death penalty.\nAddressing the Botswana National Front (BNF) leadership forum in Francistown on March 7, President Boko said his obligation as a lawyer, was to respect... [1402 chars]",
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            "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T05:15:00Z",
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