Botswana schools to teach Kiswahili

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi during a press briefing after meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta to discuss bilateral trade between the two countries at State House, Nairobi on July 23, 2019. PHOTO  | NATION MEDIA GROUP

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Botswana aims to introduce Swahili language in the southern African country's local schools, a senior official said Tuesday.

At a language teaching workshop in Francistown, Botswana's second-largest city, Fidelis Molao, Botswana's Minister of Basic Education, said that Swahili language will be introduced in schools in future.