Newly elected Member of Parliament for Gamalete Constituency, Boniface Mabeo, says he had to return to the Botswana Congress ...

Bristol City Council has approved Hayhurst and Co’s competition-winning £10 million overhaul of Bristol’s Filwood Community ...

Botswana’s elections have always been seen as a model for Africa, but the one last week has a somewhat wider relevance. The way its politicians handled victory and defeat could serve as a model for ...

In light of the apothecary on Spring Street closing, student clubs work to provide health resources to students in need.

BOSTON — (AP) — Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Massachusetts on Tuesday. Moulton was first elected to Congress in 2014 to represent the state’s 6th ...

Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has been in power since Botswana’s independence in 1966. This small country of 2.5 million ...

Botswana’s election, which saw the ruling party ousted after nearly sixty years in power, signals a major shift in the ...

Botswana has been democratic since it got its independence from Britain in 1966, and for all that time it has been governed by the same party, the Botswana Democratic Party. Now the BDP has finally ...

For the first time ever, the Botswana Democratic Party lost a general election. The left-wing, opposition UDC alliance won a ...

OPINION: While US elections are all soap-opera drama, Southern Africa’s leaders are treating democracy like, well, adults.

Botswana gained self-rule in 1965 following the maiden general elections that the country held during the same year.

Now the BDP has finally lost power – and there has been no uproar, no claims and counter-claims, no crisis. There has been no major political violence in Botswana’s past, nor did the BDP have a ...