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The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/Aids says the crisis is not an isolated supply-chain issue but a ‘systemic failure’ that demands urgent government intervention
AFRICA

Botswana faces new HIV scare as shortage of medicines deepens

The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/Aids says the crisis is not an isolated supply-chain issue but a ‘systemic failure’ that demands urgent government intervention

  • Oarabile Mosikare
3 min read
Botswana’s 2024 elections were marked by heightened political contestation against a backdrop of socio-economic challenges including rising unemployment and climate-related pressures.
AFRICA

Commonwealth says Botswana’s 2024 elections were broadly credible

The Commonwealth Expert Team however flagged flags gaps in the country’s electoral system, with a central concern being the state of voter education and registration

  • Oarabile Mosikare
4 min read
The new president-elect of Botswana is human rights lawyer Duma Boko. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images For 2nd CGDC Annual Meeting 2012)
AFRICA

Six decades of liberation party rule in Botswana end in shock

The Botswana Democratic Party suffered a humiliating defeat in last week’s parliamentary elections

  • Keletso Thobega
2 min read
EFF leader Julius Malema (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
BOTSWANA

Youthful politicians come of age

Southern Africa’s opposition parties are led by young men who offer a new political approach

  • Judd Devermont
5 min read