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Botswana

Ian Khama (Seretse Khama Ian Khama)

Date of Birth: 27/02/1953
Place of Birth: Chertsey, United Kingdom


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Ben-Menashe heads to Gaborone

Last month Boko who is also the President of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) which also includes former President Ian Khama warned that his party was training more election agents to ‘protect the vote' (AC Vol 64 No 16 Masisi needs diamonds for trumps)...


Masisi needs diamonds for trumps

The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has never been the same since President Mokgweetsi Masisi fell out with his mentor ex-President Ian Khama who had hand-picked him as his successor with no notion they would soon become deadly foes (AC Vol 59 No 6 A well-scripted succession)...

The by-election was triggered by Ian Khama's brother Tshekedi forfeiting his seat for having missed two consecutive parliamentary sessions after he followed his brother into self-imposed exile in South Africa...


De Beers deal could save BDP's skin

Although the electoral dice are heavily loaded in the ruling party's favour the BDP faces a strong challenge from an opposition alliance including the former president Ian Khama (see accompanying feature Masisi needs diamonds for trumps)...


Both sides claim diamond deal win

It will also act as a rebuff to ex-President Ian Khama's public warnings that De Beers would walk if too much was demanded from it...


What is behind Masisi's gem deal?

' The deal with HB Antwerp has also been lambasted by self-exiled former President Ian Khama who claimed the deal risked destroying Botswana's 54-year-old partnership with De Beers (AC Vol 64 No 4 Court deals poll blow to Khama)...


A bridge 100 metres too far

Masisi's sunny relations with Mnangagwa make a stark contrast with the feud that governed relations between the predecessors of both men Ian Khama and Robert Mugabe...


Court deals poll blow to Khama

President Mokgweetsi Masisi's supporters in his bitter struggle with former mentor and predecessor Ian Khama are congratulating themselves following a court ruling that has neutered Khama's plans to return to politics...


Judiciary in the dock

Plunging the judiciary deeper into disarray former president Ian Khama last month instructed his lawyers to withdraw from a case where the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services is appealing two high court judgments that dismissed its application for a warrant to search Khama's property (AC Vol 62 No 22 Masisi and Khama step up the feud & Vol 63 No 9 Gunning for Khama)...


Gunning for Khama

The diplomatic rift between Botswana and South Africa is set to deepen after Gaborone charged its former President Ian Khama with illegally possessing arms with a messy extradition case in prospect...


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