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Botswana’s President Concedes in Ruling Party’s First Defeat Since Decolonization

HeadlineNov 01, 2024

Botswana’s president has conceded defeat after his long-ruling Botswana Democratic Party lost its parliamentary majority for the first time since Botswana won its independence from Britain in 1966. President Mokgweetsi Masisi had been seeking a second five-year term in Wednesday’s election. Opposition leader Duma Boko of the Umbrella for Democratic Change party is expected to become Botswana’s new president.

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