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with a mixture of dense forest and grassland low pay is $1.00 of 13 national parks established in gaborone in 2002 it's a you know asco world heritage site and home to elephants panthers gorillas buffalo and over 400 bird species these days the elephants pose more of a problem than the poachers do an important part of the work of the park manager and his team is communicating with the residents of the villages on the edges of the national park. initially there were lots of elephants in the northern zone. but then they started encroaching on built up areas. we realized that the elephants were more or less fleeing the interior of the forest because of growing pressure from poachers from the sols ansel's west was one of the. shows when dong constantly gets calls about the elephants entering the villages for the park management dealing with the concerns of the local people is a major priority the elephants destroyed their fields and plantations the basis of their livelihoods. thanks to fences that the park officials have set up around the villages the elephants are slowly retreating back into

cheers ofjubilation in botswa na's capital, gaborone.untry's high court, three judges unanimously overturned laws banning homosexuality that have been in place since the ‘60s, saying they were in conflict with the country's constitution and it was a matter of human dignity. outside the court, campaigners gathered to celebrate the landmark ruling they have been fighting for. we are here to support ourselves and to rejoice after winning the case. that's why we are here today, and we say now we are making the history, so that people may know who they are and express their feelings and express that love, because god talks about love. i feel like right now this is actually like the first step. this will have to be done now, so that people like, get to feel the change, see the change and be part of the change. this landmark ruling in botswana has been closely followed right across the african continent. particularly right here in south africa. the question is, will it have a domino effect? activists welcomed the decision and said that it is a

there were scenes of jubilation with the you know his ruling was handed down in the capital gaborone the judges at the colonial era legislation was discriminatory unconstitutional and against the public interest a similar case went the other way in kenya a month ago when the country's high court upholds homosexuality laws. is because the director for the permit africa international lesbian gay bisexual trans and intersex associations joins me now from johannesburg good to have you with us on al-jazeera how significant is this verdict in botswana knowing how problematic removing such a sort of draconian colonial law has been in criminalizing homosexuality across africa. and the judgement is very significant because it sets a precedent for the rest of the countries in africa especially those who form part of the commonwealth countries in africa and we are at a point now where we are repossessing the narrative and doing away with colonial laws which view homosexuality and clearness as pervasive or rather subversive in nature so it is a very important judgement it's also. the introductio

there were scenes of jubilation inside the courthouse in the capital gaborone the judge unanimously ruled that a 1965 law which made homosexuality punishable by up to 7 years in prison is discriminatory. as advocacy director for the pan africa international lesbian gay bisexual trans and intersex association she says the judgment could have widespread ramifications throughout africa for the. community. the judgment is very significant because it sets a precedent for the rest of the countries in africa especially those who form part of the commonwealth countries in africa and we are at a point now where we are repossessing the narrative and doing away with colonial laws which view homosexuality and clearness as pervasive or rather subversive in nature it is a very important judgment is also. the introduction of a turn of a new tide in africa where we are now having to be forced to actually see that these colonial laws do not belong to africa and rather reclaiming our queer stories in africa i think the lessons that can be learned from south africa in particular are just a recognition of. y