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Botswana
Mokgweetsi Masisi ignores IMF's advice and keeps splurging ahead of polls

Mokgweetsi Masisi during the presidential debate in Gaborone on 24 October 2024. © Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP

Botswana's president hopes to be returned to office this week. In the run-up to the 30 October elections, he has ordered spending taps to be kept open despite budgetary red flags and falling revenues in the diamond sector. [...]

Published on 29/10/2024 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Mokgweetsi Masisi ignores IMF's advice and keeps splurging ahead of polls

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Kimberley Process secretariat moves into Gaborone offices at last

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