Tag: Botswana

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Former president of Botswana, Ian Khama, has affirmed a long held cliche that politics is a dirty game. Politics I never found enjoyable, I never found enjoyable, but I divide politics and government work. It's dirty in any country where you go, it's like that. “Because most of the time was taken up with government work, where you come up with programs and policies and implementing them for the benefit of the people. “Politics is party politics and all the nonsense – and you must have heard the expression about how dirty politics is. It’s dirty in any country where you go, it’s like that. He also addressed the issue of sit-tight African leaders, urging them to step aside and allow others lead. He defended his call for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute African leaders who plunge their respective countries into chaos. Under his tenure, Botswana had a no-nonsense diplomatic stance that saw the country criticize the United States over a Jerusalem vote. Botswana broke diplomatic ties with The Gambia at a time Yahya Jammeh was refusing to leave office.