About Botswana The Republic of Botswana is in the southern region of Africa. It is a land locked country that sits right on top of the country of South Africa. It is also bordered by Namibia(west), Zambia(north), and Zimbabwe(east). Botswana was a colony of Great Britian until 1966. They gained their independence in 1966-67 and have been maturing as a country ever since. The country is democratically ruled, boasts a growing economy and a stable political environment.. Botswana has some of Africa's last great wildernesses including the famous Okavango Swamps and the Kalahari desert. Botswana is the largest exporter of gemstone diamonds in the world as well as a large beef exporter to the European Economic Community. Botswana also has one of the highest HIV/AIDS rates per capital in the world. Because of the epidemic portions of this devastating disease the average life span has dropped from 66 years old to 34 years of age in the last 10 years. Many infants are infected with HIV at birth and parentless as a toddler. There is a sense of hopelessness and despair in the eyes of those infected and affected by AIDS. But we know God is bigger than all of this and can fill the greatest void. We believe the Son of God is going to rise over the land of Botswana with healing in His wings.