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.
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. [...]
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