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The Guardian // World

Botswana president concedes defeat in election after party’s six-decade rule

Friday 1st November 2024, 11:21AM

Results show Mokgweetsi Masisi’s Botswana Democratic party on track to lose by landslideBotswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has conceded defeat in Wednesday’s elections, which his Botswana Democratic party lost by a landslide after nearly six decades in power.With almost all constituencies counted, the opposition coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) had secured a parliamentary majority, with its leader, the lawyer Duma Boko, on track to become the southern African country’s next president. Continue reading...

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