Jeff Ramsey Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/jeff-ramsey/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 03 Apr 2017 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Jeff Ramsey Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/jeff-ramsey/ 32 32 Strong earthquake hits Botswana https://jjcornish.com/2017/04/strong-earthquake-hits-botswana/ Mon, 03 Apr 2017 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2017/04/strong-earthquake-hits-botswana/ A strong earthquake struck in a remote region of Botswana last night. The quake near the Central Kalahari game reserve sent shockwaves across the southern Africa as far as Durban. ends intro There are no early reports of casualties or damage. Botswana’s chief government spokesman Jeff Ramsey says it’s too early tell. The US Geological […]

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]]> A strong earthquake struck in a remote region of Botswana last night.

The quake near the Central Kalahari game reserve sent shockwaves across the southern Africa as far as Durban.

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There are no early reports of casualties or damage.

Botswana’s chief government spokesman Jeff Ramsey says it’s too early tell.

The US Geological Survey says the epicenter of the

magnitude 6.5 quake was nearly 250 km north-northwest of the capital Gaborone at a depth of 12 km.

Former US President George W. Bush is due to visit the city today to highlight the importance of America’s overseas humanitarian aid.

Anglo American says in an email that there are no reported safety incidents or damage to infrastructure to any of its operations in Botswana.

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