{"id":58048,"date":"2024-10-31T17:01:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/botswana-voting-as-president-mokgweetsi-masisi-seeks-second-term-in-office"},"modified":"2024-10-31T17:51:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:51:24","slug":"botswana-voting-as-president-mokgweetsi-masisi-seeks-second-term-in-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/botswana-voting-as-president-mokgweetsi-masisi-seeks-second-term-in-office","title":{"rendered":"Botswana Voting as President Mokgweetsi Masisi Seeks Second Term in Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Botswana is voting in a general election in which President Mokgweetsi Masisi is seeking a second term and his ruling party hopes to extend its nearly six(6) decades in power, Aljazeera reported on Wednesday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMasisi, 63, is competing against three challengers on Wednesday for another five-year term. His Botswana Democratic Party (BDP)- which has governed the country of 2.3 million people for 58 years, since independence from British rule in 1966-remains the favourite despite its decreasing popularity.The BDP faces a divided opposition with its biggest challenge coming from the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), a coalition led by lawyer Duma Boko\u201d, reads the Aljazeera report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Botswana Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Botswana is voting in a general election in which President Mokgweetsi Masisi is seeking a second term and his ruling party hopes to extend its nearly six(6) decades in power, Aljazeera reported on Wednesday. \u201cMasisi, 63, is competing against three challengers on Wednesday for another five-year term. 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