{"id":44857,"date":"2026-09-07T16:07:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=44857"},"modified":"2026-09-07T16:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:08:08","slug":"botswana-president-begins-official-visit-to-angola","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/botswana-president-begins-official-visit-to-angola\/","title":{"rendered":"Botswana President begins official visit to Angola \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President of Botswana Duma Boko has arrived in Luanda for a three-day official visit to Angola aimed at strengthening political, diplomatic, and economic relations between the two Southern African nations, according to a report by the <em>Angola Press Agency (ANGOP)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the official state news agency release, Boko was received at 4 de Fevereiro International Airport by Angolan Foreign Minister T\u00e9te Ant\u00f3nio and senior government officials. Boko will hold talks with Angolan President Jo\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o at the Presidential Palace to review bilateral co-operation and explore new economic opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>ANGOP<\/em> dispatch confirmed that the bilateral agenda focuses on key sectors including energy, trade, diamond mining, oil, transport infrastructure, cattle breeding, and water management.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both leaders are also scheduled to sign several bilateral legal instruments, including a landmark agreement formally establishing a Joint Binational Commission to structure future co-operation between Luanda and Gaborone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29254,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-44857","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Botswana President Duma Boko begins three-day state visit to Angola","published_date":"2026-09-07 16:07:28","news_description":"Botswana President Duma Boko begins three-day state visit to Angola","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44858,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44857\/revisions\/44858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=44857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}