KATHMANDU, Jan 30: President Ram Chandra Paudel has appointed Dan Bahadur Tamang as Nepal’s non-resident ambassador to Kenya and Botswana. Tamang also serves as the Resident Ambassador to South Africa.

GABORONE, Sept 21: The deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana this year which had baffled and alarmed conservationists were caused by toxins produced by cyanobacteria in water, officials said on Monday.

The Botswanan government has enlisted a public relations firm with deep ties to Hollywood to push back against the bad publicity generated by the southern African nation’s decision to lift its ban on elephant hunting.