New Botswana president praises smooth power transition

Botswana President and presidential candidate for Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Mokgweetsi Masisi. AFP/Monirul Bhuiyan
GABORONE – Botswana’s new President Duma Boko took office today and praised his predecessor Mokgweetsi Masisi, for allowing a smooth regime change.
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Boko described the transition as a testament to Botswana’s mature democracy and an example for the rest of the world.
Masisi’s Botswana Democratic Party had governed since independence in 1966.