Botswana Ruling Party Loses Election After 58 Years

Botswana Ruling Party Loses Election After 58 Years …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>

Voters in Botswana have rejected the country’s long-serving governing party in a result that marks a political earthquake in the diamond-rich southern African nation, the BBC reported yesterday.

The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) – in power since independence in 1966 – has won only four parliamentary seats as of Friday afternoon. It will be replaced by the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC).

In a phone call to UDC leader Duma Boko, President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded and…

>