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A Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) supporter holds up a poster during an election campaign rally in Mokgweetsi Masisi’s, President of Botswana and leader of the BDP, home village in Moshupa. (Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP)
AFRICA

Censorship, the unexpected side-effect of Covid-19

If the coronavirus outbreak has taught us anything beyond the necessity of washing our hands, it is that its victim has been leadership

  • Joel Konopo
7 min read
A Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) supporter holds up a poster during an election campaign rally in Mokgweetsi Masisi’s, President of Botswana and leader of the BDP, home village in Moshupa. (Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP)
AFRICAN MEDIA

Botswana’s media is in crisis

COMMENT We live in a divided political environment and amid radical economic disparities. But there is one thing on which virtually everyone in Botswana agrees: most of the news…

  • Joel Konopo
5 min read
President Mokgweetsi Masisi (pictured) is squaring off against an ex-foreign minister, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi, who is backed by Masisi’s predecessor and rival, Ian Khama. (Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP)
AGENCY

Botswana’s governing party braces for high-stakes congress

For the first time in the history of one of Africa’s most stable democracies, the ruling BDP will see a genuine fight for the top job

  • Agency
3 min read