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

Ruling parties are like stomach fat. Unyielding and imposing. When stomach fat gets hold of your formerly trim waistline, ...

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 ...

Morekisi said the youth command the largest number in the population and the BDP should have crafted its manifesto in a ...

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

Botswana uses a single constituency electoral system of First-Past-The-Post for the election of MPs. Elected MPs then act as ...

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 ...

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

Botswana's new President Duma Boko has lauded his successor for accepting defeat as the country moves smoothly from Botswana Democratic Party rule.

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

In a stunning result that ran counter to much of the pre-election analysis and expectations, the Botswana Democratic Party ...

While political issues in the U.S. are much the same as they are in other developed countries, the ideological passion that Americans bring to them has always been off the scale.