Gaborone, Botswana, Nov 19, 2024 (AFP) - New Botswana leader eyes cannabis, sunshine to lift economy

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2024-11-19

Botswana will diversify its diamond-dependent economy by launching into the medicinal cannabis market and exploiting its abundant sunshine, President Duma Boko said Tuesday, in his first state of the nation address. Boko swept to power in elections three weeks ago that ejected the party that had ruled for nearly six decades on concerns about a slump in the economy. Diamonds make up about 80 percent of the southern African country's foreign earnin......

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