Botswana FA's president, Tariq Babitseng, is confident that South African coach Morena Ramoreboli will guide the Zebras back to the Africa Cup of Nations, where they have been absent for 12 years.

[VOA] Gaborone, Botswana -- Three out of 28 female candidates were elected to Botswana's National Assembly in last week's general election, as women's rights activists called on the new administration to increase female representation in the nation's politics.

The new president tells the BBC thousands of illegal Zimbabweans should be given temporary permits.

Botswana swore in new president Duma Boko on Friday, cementing a whirlwind change of government after his landslide election victory last week kicked out the party in power for nearly 60 years.

Botswana's new president Duma Boko used his inauguration on Friday to tell the world that he and his government were ushering in a "new political dawn".

[The Conversation Africa] The dramatic loss of power by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which had governed Botswana since independence in 1966, will go down in history as one of the biggest electoral upsets in Africa.

1 Ugandan Shilling = 0.0032 Botswana Pula

1 Salvadoran Colon = 1.3877 Botswana Pula

1 Romanian Leu = 2.727 Botswana Pula

1 Ukrainian Hryvnia = 0.4525 Botswana Pula

1 Tanzanian Shilling = 0.0052 Botswana Pula

1 Venezuelan Bolivar Fuerte = 1.2159 Botswana Pula

1 Yemeni Rial = 0.0485 Botswana Pula

1 Paraguayan Guarani = 0.0019 Botswana Pula

1 Hong Kong Dollar = 1.5636 Botswana Pula

1 Kuwaiti Dinar = 39.2573 Botswana Pula

1 Saudi Riyal = 3.2331 Botswana Pula

1 Tunisian Dinar = 4.1697 Botswana Pula

1 South African Rand = 0.6618 Botswana Pula

1 Norwegian Krone = 1.1886 Botswana Pula

1 Argentine Peso = 0.1827 Botswana Pula

1 Moroccan Dirham = 1.2361 Botswana Pula

1 US Dollar = 12.1443 Botswana Pula

1 Icelandic Krona = 0.083 Botswana Pula

1 Kazakhstan Tenge = 0.0288 Botswana Pula

1 Namibian Dollar = 0.6554 Botswana Pula

1 Israeli New Sheqel = 3.4632 Botswana Pula

1 Costa Rican Colon = 0.0213 Botswana Pula

1 British Pound Sterling = 15.0662 Botswana Pula

1 Omani Rial = 31.6714 Botswana Pula

1 Honduran Lempira = 0.4852 Botswana Pula

1 Australian Dollar = 7.9354 Botswana Pula

1 Chinese Yuan Renminbi = 1.7167 Botswana Pula

1 Hungarian Forint = 0.0376 Botswana Pula

1 Philippine Peso = 0.2405 Botswana Pula

1 Kenyan Shilling = 0.1145 Botswana Pula

1 Latvian Lat = 20.0769 Botswana Pula

1 Egyptian Pound = 0.7803 Botswana Pula

1 Botswana Pula = 97.9884 Iraqi Dinar

1 Botswana Pula = 427.3198 Zambian Kwacha

1 Botswana Pula = 1.5111 South African Rand

1 Botswana Pula = 20.6167 Yemeni Rial

1 Botswana Pula = 49.8176 CFA Franc BCEAO

1 Botswana Pula = 1926.871 Vietnamese Dong

1 Botswana Pula = 0.8224 Venezuelan Bolivar Fuerte

1 Botswana Pula = 832.407 Uzbekistan Som

1 Botswana Pula = 3.5523 Uruguayan Peso