2024 Botswana Elections News: Botswana Ruling Party Loses Power After 58 Years

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As of 2024 Botswana elections news, For the first time in Botswana’s post-independence history, the ruling BDP, which has held power since 1966 was ousted. President Mokgweetsi Masisi assumed office in 2018, accepted the defeat, congratulating the UDC and its leader, Duma Boko, a Harvard-educated human rights lawyer.