- UK view Boko’s aborted meetings a diplomatic snub: Lukashenko calls Botswanaa good partner
- Anxiety over Boko, Belarus, a changing Africa: Plans for Botswana–Belarus trade, mining in motion
- $12 billion Qatari investment, Belarus, Oman emerge as Boko’s fast-growing partners
- Visa clampdown:UK moves to assert influence dressed as migration policy
- End of Anglo–De Beers era cuts Britain’s last economic anchor in Botswana.
- Boko at UNGA: “Africa must work on herself to claim her place.”
STAFF WRITERS
When the United Kingdom abruptly imposed visa requirements on Batswana this week, it was explained away as an “immigration control measure.” But beneath the bureaucratic veneer lies a far deeper anxiety, one that speaks to a rapidly changing African political landscape and a West suddenly unsure of where Botswana now stands.
This is not about asylum claims. This is about trust, alignment, and influence. And London, insiders say, is uneasy.
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