After nearly 60 years, the Botswana Democratic Party lost its majority in Parliament, becoming the latest long-dominant party in southern Africa to fall from power.

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded election defeat on Friday after preliminary results showed that his party – which had been in power for 58 years – failed to win enough seats to govern.…

The opposition coalition, Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), was in front, putting its leader, Duma Boko, on track to win the Botswana presidency.

Partial results showed the ruling party trailing in fourth place after six decades in power. The opposition UDC party is expected to win.

His Botswana Democratic Party was trailing in fourth place in parliamentary elections

Botswana's ruling BDP party loses majority in election, opposition coalition UDC wins 23 seats, according to Mmegi newspaper.

'I will respectfully step aside,' President Mokgweetsi Masisi said.

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has announced his intention to “step aside” following a significant defeat of his party in the recent general elections, as indicated by preliminary results. Naija News understands that the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which has governed the diamond-rich nation since gaining independence from Britain in 1966, faced a challenging electoral outcome. […]

Botswana's governing party has suffered a shock election defeat after nearly six decades in power, preliminary election results show.President Mokgweetsi Masisi...

Masisi's BDP dominated politics in Botswana for nearly six decades, since independence in 1966. The nation of just 2.5 million people will now be governed by another party for the first time in its democratic history.

Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Friday conceded defeat after preliminary results showed his party had lost its parliamentary majority in this week's election, ending nearly six decades in power.

Spread This News Al Jazeera Botswana’s governing party has suffered a shock election defeat after nearly six decades in power, preliminary election results show. President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) lost its grip on power on Friday after opposition parties won 31 of 61 seats in parliament, tallies released by the electoral commission showed.

Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the smaller Democratic Party for the People agreed Friday that their leaders would meet next week to explore coordination over political reforms and other priorities. The agreement reached by the secretaries general of the two parties marks a turnaround from the…

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has conceded defeat in the general election, in a seismic moment of change for the country that ended the ruling party’s 58 years in power since independence from Britain in the 1960s.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is expected to secure enough support to be reelected in parliament despite the election setback after executives of smaller opposition parties announced Thursday that they will not support the country's main opposition leader's bid for the premiership. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition…

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