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Botswana’s BDP party loses power in election, national newspaper reports

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Botswana’s BDP party loses power in election, national newspaper reports

Botswana’s President and presidential candidate for Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Mokgweetsi Masisi during the Presidential debate in Gaborone on October 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Botswana’s ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) party has lost its parliamentary majority in this week’s election, the private Mmegi newspaper reported on Friday (October 1, 2024), citing results from…

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Botswana votes with ruling party aiming to extend six decades of power

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Botswana votes with ruling party aiming to extend six decades of power

A voter casts his ballot at the Phillip Moshotle Primary School polling station in Gaborone on October 30, 2024, during Botswana’s general election. | Photo Credit: AFP Southern Africa’s diamond-rich nation of Botswana voted in general elections Wednesday (October 30, 2024) with the ruling party seeking to extend its nearly six-decade rule and hand a…

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