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Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a Southern African country celebrated for political stability, democratic governance, and wildlife conservation. Since gaining independence from Britain in 1966, Botswana has transformed from one of the world’s poorest countries into a middle-income economy driven largely by diamond mining and tourism. Its capital city, Gaborone, serves as a growing financial and administrative hub in Southern Africa.

Quick facts about Botswana

  1. Transitioning from one of the world's poorest nations at its 1966 independence to an upper-middle-income state, Botswana built its economic foundation via Debswana; a 50/50 joint venture with De Beers that controls the world’s most valuable diamond mines (including Orapa and Jwaneng).
  2. The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), led by President Duma Boko, swept to power in late 2024, ending the 58-year continuous rule of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in one of Africa's most peaceful democratic shifts of power.
  3. Unlike many resource-rich nations, Botswana avoided the "resource curse" by depositing diamond dividends into the Pula Fund (a sovereign wealth fund) and maintaining a strict Constitutional borrowing ceiling capped below 40% of GDP.
  4. It hosts the Okavango Delta; the world’s largest inland delta, which drains directly into the Kalahari Desert rather than an ocean and houses the planet's highest single concentration of African elephants (roughly 130,000 animals).

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