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Namibia: Duma Boko defends predecessor as crowd boos him during power transition – News

Namibia: Duma Boko defends predecessor as crowd boos him during power transition – News

Africa Links 24 with Al Jazeera
Published on 2024-11-09 06:26:45

Botswana’s new president, Duma Boko, stood by his predecessor as the crowd booed him during his swearing-in ceremony in Gaborone on Friday.

The new president praised his predecessor’s “statesmanship”.

“Please give him some love,” Boko told the stadium.

Boko was sworn in as the country’s new president after his landslide election victory kicked out the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which had been in power for nearly 60 years.

On Friday, Boko (54) took the oath in…

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