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- Vol 51 No 4
- 19/02/2010
A clash at the border
A confrontation between Harare and Gaborone over a wandering pride of lions has escalated into a serious bilateral rift
- Vol 50 No 22
- 06/11/2009
Khama control
Delivery 'to the expectations of Batswana' is to be top priority of the new government, President Seretse Khama Ian Khama announced at his inauguration on 21 October following his landslide election win (AC Vol 50 No 21). This adds another 'd' to the oth...
- Vol 50 No 21
- 23/10/2009
Khama's expected triumph
The governing party did less well than it had hoped but trounced the opposition and confirmed the President's hold on office
- Vol 50 No 21
- 23/10/2009
It's the economy, probably
President Seretse Khama Ian Khama is unlikely to lose the reputation for dogmatism and autocracy which he earned by slapping a 30% levy on alcohol sales to curb drunkenness, backing greater controls on the media, and trying with mixed results to disci...
- Vol 50 No 10
- 15/05/2009
Diamonds lose their shine
Rich people are not buying jewels, so Botswana's budget is in deficit and its people are losing their jobs
- Vol 50 No 10
- 15/05/2009
Don't blame me!
President Khama's 90% approval rating may not guarantee him an easy victory at the October elections
- Vol 49 No 20
- 03/10/2008
Brotherly love
Botswana President Ian Khama's open criticism of President Robert Mugabe's regime has provoked a stream of vitriol from Zimbabwe's state-controlled media. Mugabe's officials referred to Khama's government as a military junta (Khama formerly headed Bot...
- Vol 49 No 8
- 11/04/2008
New man, new discipline
Ian Khama calmly takes over the presidency as bigger neighbours struggle with successions and elections
- Vol 49 No 8
- 11/04/2008
Diamond power
Economic diversification is the centrepiece of President Ian Khama's strategy and its first test will be in the diamond business. Botswana, the world's biggest producer of diamonds by volume and value, opened a US$93 million sorting and valuing facilit...
- Vol 49 No 6
- 14/03/2008
Inscrutable Khama
Vice-President Lieutenant General Ian Khama Seretse Khama, who is to take over as head of state within weeks, is a remarkably secretive politician. Even outgoing President Festus Mogae, who appointed Khama as his deputy five years ago, says he knows l...
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