The claim that the five Al Qaida suspects were spirited from Malawi to Botswana was first made by BBC reporter Raphael Tenthani but has been vigorously denied by President Festus Mogae himself...
Vol 44 No 9 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
In Botswana the prospect that Vice-President Ian Khama son of the first President Sir Seretse Khama and former head of the armed forces should succeed President Festus Mogae is still a divisive issue...
Vol 43 No 4 |
- AFRICA
- THE WEST
Bush is hosting Presidents José Eduardo dos Santos of Angola Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique and Festus Mogae of Botswana on 26 February at the White House; and the Group of 8's next summit host Canada's Jean Chrétien is also planning a trip to six or seven African states in April...
Nor is President Festus Mogae whole-heartedly backed by the BDP; some cabinet ministers criticise him in private...
Vol 42 No 25 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Those who disagree with him include (sotto voce) a few cabinet ministers and ANC leaders; this month ex-President Nelson Mandela said it was the duty of African leaders to spearhead AIDS campaigns as pioneered by Presidents Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal and Festus Mogae of Botswana...
Botswana would lose up to 40 per cent of its imports; President Festus Mogae recently accused a South African newspaper of inventing a story about his private criticism of the Mugabe regime...
The governing Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has avoided a power-struggle between President Festus Mogae (who is also party President) and his ambitious number two national Vice-President Ian Seretse Khama (AC Vol 42 No 14)...
With President Festus Mogae and heir-apparent Ian Seretse Khama Nchindo is one of the three most powerful Botswanans...
In the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Vice-President Ian Seretse Khama may make a bid for the chair hoping to consolidate his status as President Festus Mogae's successor...
This year will be a real test of Botswanan President Festus Mogae's authority: he has personally committed himself to reducing the prevalence of HIV-AIDS but there is little prospect of a serious challenge to his Botswana Democratic Party...