Dressed in a blue shirt and black tie -- the colours of the Botswana flag -- he started the event by circling the stadium in a vehicle, flanked by galloping white horses, and waving to the ...

Botswana swore in new president Duma Boko Friday, cementing a whirlwind change of government after his landslide election victory kicking out the party in power for nearly 60 years. Boko, 54, took ...

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat in the general election Friday, in a seismic moment of change for the county that ended the ruling party’s 58 years in power since ...

After his win on Friday, he posted on his official page on X: “Botswana First” with a picture of a UDC campaign poster with the words “Change is Here.” Outgoing President Masisi ...

Botswana will have a new ruling party for the first time in 58 years after an opposition coalition, Umbrella for Democratic Change, secured a landslide victory in a general election held Wednesday ...

Diamonds account for more than 80% of Botswana's exports and a quarter of its GDP, according to the World Bank. Mr Boko, 54, posted on his official page on X: "Botswana First" with a picture of a ...

Botswana's new government is inheriting a country in which diamond revenue is down and expenditure is up, its outgoing president warned. Third-time contender Duma Boko has promised to do his best to ...

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Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Friday conceded defeat after preliminary results showed his ruling BDP party lost its parliamentary majority in this week's election. Botswana's ruling BDP ...

Botswana’s newly elected leader, Duma Boko, says Africa can draw vital lessons from his country’s smooth transfer of power. Boko spoke after the Botswana Democratic Party, which had ruled the ...

After 58 years, the Botswana Democratic Party lost its majority in Parliament, becoming the latest long-dominant party in southern Africa to fall from power. By Yvonne Mooka and John Eligon Yvonne ...