Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi said on November 1, 2024 he would “step aside” after his party suffered a resounding defeat in general elections, according to preliminary tallies.

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 ...

Diamond-rich Botswana went to the polls to vote in a general election in which President Mokgweetsi Masisi is seeking a second term and his ruling party hopes to extend its nearly six decades in ...

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 ...

Voters in Botswana have delivered a shock defeat to the party that has ruled them for nearly six decades by handing victory to an opposition coalition and its presidential candidate Duma Boko.

UDC supporters were celebrating as the results came in overnight Voters in Botswana have rejected the country’s long-serving governing party in a result that marks a political earthquake in the ...

As the people of Botswana prepare for election day on October 30, they have real causes for concern. Unemployment is soaring. Polls show that citizens’ satisfaction with democracy has declined ...

The party that has governed the country since 1966 could lose power as the economy struggles from a slump in demand for diamonds, which made Botswana an African success story. By John Eligon and ...

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 ...

Botswana is set for its first change of governing party in 58 years after president Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat in the general election. Mr Masisi's Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which ...

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