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...
Ian Khama calmly takes over the presidency as bigger neighbours struggle with successions and elections
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...
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...
Botswana will now market diamonds but De Beers' latest move may not please the neighbours
President-in-Waiting Ian Khama Seretse Khama strengthened
his position at July 's national congress of the governing Botswana
Democratic Party, of which he is Chairman (AC Vol 46 No 12). One
rival faction was led by Foreign Minister Mompati Merafhe
an...
A bitter race looms for the Secretary Generalship of the ruling
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) at its national congress on 21-23
July in Serowe. A compromise offered by Vice-President Ian
Khama Seretse Khama, designated successor to President Festus
...
By trying to expel an academic critic, the government is risking
its reputation
Africa's most successful democracy will soon be run by a military man
Traditional leadership and diamond money keep a stable democracy
going
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