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Botswana election: Who is in the running and what’s at stake?
Boko’s UDC is promising more lucrative jobs to young people and has tried to woo voters with the promise of government stipends. Saleshando, 53, is the leader of the Botswana Congress Party (BCP ...
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Botswana elections: Ruling party seeks to extend 58 years in power
His Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) – which has governed the country of 2.3 million people for 58 years, since independence from British rule in 1966 – remains the favourite despite its ...
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Early results show Botswana governing party losing six-decade rule
More than one million people were registered to vote on ... This was followed by seven for the Botswana Congress Party and five for the Botswana Patriotic Front. Under Botswana's election system ...
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Botswana votes as president's party seeks to extend six-decade rule
Voting extended into the night at polling stations where people were still queueing ... change a system dominated by the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). "We are seeing a percentage of ...