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Botswana's SADC secretary general hopes ride on Elias Magosi

Elias Magosi, Botswana's candidate to head the Southern African Development Community.
Elias Magosi, Botswana's candidate to head the Southern African Development Community. © Government of Botswana/Twitter
As the Southern African Development Community deals with its biggest security crisis of the past decade, Botswana has shown its aspirations by launching the race for the organisation's next secretary general with the nomination of its candidate: permanent secretary to President Masisi, Elias Magosi. [...]
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