Botswana Democratic Party

Southern Africa elections brought big changes in 2024

December 24, 2024

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — In Southern Africa, where democracy remains relatively stable, elections held in 2024 saw long-governing liberation parties struggling to survive.Across Africa, power struggles involving military governments,...

Botswana’s politician who did the unthinkable

November 1, 2024

Confident and well-mannered, Botswana's new President Duma Boko carries the traits of a highly trained human rights lawyer.The 54-year-old's thoughtful, fluent sentences speak of his legal education first in...

Botswana ruling party rejected after 58 years in power

November 1, 2024

Voters in Botswana have rejected the country’s long-serving governing party in a result that marks a political earthquake in the diamond-rich southern African nation.The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) –...

A party in power for 58 years pledges change for Botswana

October 26, 2024

Botswana’s governing party - in power for almost six decades - is trying to pull off a trick in Wednesday’s general election by using a phrase normally associated with...

How friends became foes in Africa’s diamond state

October 8, 2024

Ian Khama’s well-mannered voice barely disguises the anger that he feels.In several interviews that Botswana’s former president has given since 2019, when he began to express dissatisfaction with his...