Botswana president concedes defeat in election after party’s six-decade rule

Early results show Mokgweetsi Masisi’s Botswana Democratic party on track to lose by landslide

Botswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has conceded defeat after preliminary results showed his party had lost its parliamentary majority by a landslide in this week’s election, ending nearly six decades in power.

With more than half of constituencies reporting, the opposition coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) had a significant lead, putting its leader, the lawyer Duma Boko, on track to win the presidency.

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