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“This is a historic moment, most humbling and most sobering,” the 54-year-old president of the opposition coalition, the Umbrella for Democratic Change, and head of the Botswana National Front ...
His Umbrella for Democratic Change, a coalition of Botswana National Front and the Alliance for Progressives won 36 parliamentary seats and denied former president Mokgweetsi Masisi a second term.
For the 2024 elections, the coalition included the Botswana National Front, the Alliance for Progressives and the Botswana People’s Party. Boko is a human rights lawyer who is considered a ...
It pulled together the Botswana People’s Party, the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), and the Botswana National Front ahead of the 2014 elections and was joined in 2017 by the Botswana Congress ...
Botswana's ruling party has won general elections, giving President Festus Mogae a second term in office. The Botswana Democratic Party, which has ruled the country since independence in 1966, took 44 ...
Botswana’s upcoming presidential election on 30 October is shaping up to be its most competitive yet, ... 54, who leads the Botswana National Front. READ MORE Botswana election: Opposition leader Duma ...
He became the leader of the Botswana National Front (BNF) in 2010, which used to have more “communist ideals”, said Mr Machaha, but the party has since tacked towards the centre.
His Umbrella for Democratic Change, a coalition of Botswana National Front and the Alliance for Progressives won 36 parliamentary seats and denied former president Mokgweetsi Masisi a second term.
His Umbrella for Democratic Change, a coalition of Botswana National Front and the Alliance for Progressives won 36 parliamentary seats and denied former president Mokgweetsi Masisi a second term.
GABORONE, Botswana. (AP) — Thousands of people from around Botswana attended the inauguration Friday of their country’s new president, Duma Boko, who called for unity after an election that ...
Thousands of people from around Botswana have attended the inauguration of their country’s new president, Duma Boko. He called for unity Friday after an election that brought an end to ...