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The Decline of the Botswana Democratic Party After Nearly Six Decades of Rule
For the first time since independence, Africa’s longest continuous multiparty democracy, Botswana, has changed government. For nearly six decades, one party, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), dominated elections. However, the outcome of the 2024 general elections saw the BDP lose its grip on power, to the country’s first coalition government, Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). So, how did the decline of the BDP come about? Also, will this be the end of an era of one-party dominance?
25.03.2026
