With just three months left for Botswana and De Beers to agree on a new long-term deal for billions of dollars in diamond mining cutting and sales President Mokgweetsi Masisi sees an historic chance for his country...
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)...
Vol 62 No 20 |
- BOTSWANA
- NAMIBIA
The hearings which will see 22 witnesses being called six of them from Namibia could be explosive and potentially force President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his Namibian counterpart Hage Geingob to shift stances...
It is the latest in three years of confrontations between the ex-president and his hand-picked successor Mokgweetsi Masisi and they are not going well for the incumbent...
Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi who chairs the SADC Organ Troika on Politics Defence and Security said a second fact–finding mission will open discussions with politicians and activists demanding reform or abolition of the absolute monarchy...
DISPATCHES
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Botswana's Mokgweetsi Masisi were both unable to attend the planned SADC Troika meeting on Thursday (29 April) explained officials with Masisi being forced to quarantine after being in contact with someone who has contracted Covid-19...
READ FOR FREE
Nyusi had tried to keep the Cabo Delgado insurgency off the agenda of the security organ of the Southern African Development Community but President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana and Zimbabwe's Emmerson Mnangagwa were hurriedly covening regional consultations just days after the Palma attacks (AC Vol 62 No 3 Nyusi's loyalty test)...
READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES
It follows lengthy discussions between Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi and Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa about the insurgents' threat to the wider region...
READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 23 |
- BOTSWANA
- NAMIBIA
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)...
Vol 61 No 17 |
- SOUTHERN AFRICA
Although Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi took the oath of office in November President Ramaphosa has yet to meet him (AC Vol 60 No 22 BDP ends Khama's fightback)...
