Botswana’s political landscape has shifted ... The BDP, which has held power since the country’s independence in 1966, secured only four parliamentary seats, while the UDC emerged with an ...

Botswana, a sparsely populated and arid country ... The party that had ruled for 58 years since independence from the British ...

Formerly known as Bechuanaland under British colonial rule, Botswana gained independence in 1966 and adopted its current name - a term meaning "place of the Tswana people." Today, approximately 85 ...

Even in Botswana, diamonds might not be forever ... the party that had ruled the nation of 2.5 million people since its independence from Britain nearly 60 years ago. But in hindsight, the ...

Botswana before independence was the Protectorate of Bechuanaland, established in 1885 and run originally from Mafeking. It was landlocked, adjoining South Africa and very much at the mercy of the ...