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New Botswana president praises smooth power transition

Botswana president praises smooth transition
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GABORONE - Botswana's new President Duma Boko took office today and praised his predecessor Mokgweetsi Masisi, for allowing a smooth regime change.

READ: Botswana's governing party loses decades old power

Boko described the transition as a testament to Botswana's mature democracy and an example for the rest of the world.

Masisi’s Botswana Democratic Party had governed since independence in 1966.

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