Of “selective amnesia” and doctors dilemma as healthcare standoff grips Botswana In a war of words that lays bare a deeper crisis within Botswana’s healthcare system, the Botswana Doctors Union (BDU) has vehemently denied government claims of a doctor’s strike, dismissing the official statement as the product of “selective amnesia.” The accusation, laden with irony and frustration, underscores the widening gulf between the nation’s physicians and the government they accuse of neglecting their concerns. The...

Pope Francis, the Argentinian pontiff who championed the poor, challenged the status quo, and sought to modernize the Catholic Church while facing fierce internal resistance, has died. He was 88 years old. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced the death on Monday morning from the Vatican. “At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Pope Francis, passed away at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta,” Cardinal Farrell said. The news reverberated around...