Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat on Friday after preliminary results showed his party had lost its parliamentary majority by a landslide in this week’s election, ending its nearly six decades in power.
With more than half of the constituencies reporting, the opposition coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) had a significant lead, anointing its leader, lawyer Duma Boko, to be the next President of Botswana. VOA Africa News Tonight Host Yeheyes talked to reporter Mqondisi Dube in the capital Gaborone, for the latest.
