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Botswana
Population: 1.8 mn.
GDP: 14.8 bn.
Debt: 1.0 bn.
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President Ian Khama struggles to keep the ruling BDP united but will lose more members to the breakaway BMD, especially if last year's public sector strikes resume. Diamond and meat exports push up GDP by 6%.

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  • Vol 51 No 13
  •  25th June 2010

In a spin

The governing Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) faces a serious threat after its Barata-Phati (‘those who love the party’) faction walked out and launched the Botswana Movement for Democracy last month. Already the BDP is losing support: four of its members...

  • Vol 51 No 4
  •  19th February 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
  •  6th November 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 othe...

  • Vol 50 No 21
  •  23rd October 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
  •  23rd October 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
  •  15th May 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
  •  15th May 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
  •  3rd October 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 Botswan...

  • Vol 49 No 8
  •  11th April 2008

New man, new discipline

Ian Khama calmly takes over the presidency as bigger neighbours struggle with successions and elections

  • Vol 49 No 8
  •  11th April 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 facility i...

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