Botswana's president-elect Duma Boko is a human rights lawyer who spent three decades in opposition fighting to dislodge the party in power for nearly 60 years before clinching his surprise landslide victory. His left-wing coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) swept up more than half the seats in parliament, enough to form a government and run the diamond-rich country of some 2.6 million people. We are in conversation with Afro expert in Democracy, Tapiwa Chadye as we take a reflective look at the Botswana elections 

<p>Botswana's president-elect Duma Boko is a human rights lawyer who spent three decades in opposition fighting to dislodge the party in power for nearly 60 years before clinching his surprise landslide victory. His left-wing coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) swept up more than half the seats in parliament, enough to form a government and run the diamond-rich country of some 2.6 million people. We are in conversation with Afro expert in Democracy, Tapiwa Chadye as we take a reflective look at the Botswana elections </p>

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