2024 Gender audit of the Botswana elections
Colleen Lowe Morna
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Pamela S. Dube
On November 1, 2024, Chief Justice Terrence Rannowane stepped up the podium to declare Advocate Duma Gideon Boko the Sixth President of the Republic of Botswana and his coalition, Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) the new government. Botswana erupted in a mix of emotions: of shock and joy. The call ended a 58-year-old grip on power by the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). A new dawn, a second republic, the world declared!
