Ian Khama (Seretse Khama Ian Khama)

The diplomatic rift between Botswana and South Africa is set to deepen after Gaborone charged its former President Ian Khama with illegally possessing arms with a messy extradition case in prospect...

Security agents raided the homes of former President Ian Khama on 23-25 October in search of unlicensed weapons and arrested his ally former spy chief Isaac Kgosi as President Mokgweetsi Masisi goes for the jugular after suffering recent defeats in a long-running feud with his predecessor (AC Vol 62 No 18 Presidents trade more blows)...

An inquest outcome that places fault on the Botswana army on the other hand could force a policy shift by Masisi on the shoot-to-kill policy that was made popular under former President Ian Khama...

A charitable foundation linked to ex-President Ian Khama claimed on 9 August it had secured 4 million doses of the Pfizer and Astra-Zeneca Covid-19 vaccines and was offering them to the government...

Many thought the shoot-to-kill policy had been abandoned after President Mokgweetsi Masisi came to power and permitted licensed elephant hunting to recommence while curtailing the powers of ex-President Ian Khama a fierce defender of the shoot-to-kill policy and the creator of the specialised Anti-Poaching Unit (AC Vol 61 No 4 Wildlife targets)...

Supported online by South Africa's former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela former President Ian Khama and Blair Motsepe rejected Botswana's claims that she had controlled bank accounts alongside Khama and laundered vast sums for a political project...

Masisi is at loggerheads with his predecessor President Ian Khama who has nurtured close ties with top officials in the ANC...

It's the first such sale since President Mokgweetsi Masisi rescinded in May the ban imposed by his predecessor Ian Khama...

Tshekedi Khama Ian Khama's brother and the former Minister of Tourism blamed Masisi's administration for disarming the dedicated anti-poaching unit...

The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) won it handsomely but it was the first seriously contested election in the country's independent history and he wanted to be sure of victory against his nemesis former President Ian Khama...

From there buoyed by overwhelmingly clinching a fresh mandate at the polls Masisi will probably consolidate his grip on power in 2020 by seeking to 'kill off' any residual influence of ex-President Ian Khama and his allies by mounting prosecutions of them for alleged corruption...

The Botswana Democratic Party won a new five-year mandate by a larger margin than expected on 23 October taking 38 of the 57 seats in parliament one more than in 2014 while the opposition coalition the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) took 15 with only three going to the Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) the party backed by ex-President Ian Khama...