Turmoil in the global diamond trade sparks a political breakthrough in Bostwana

Botswana’s ruling party ended its 58 years in power when it lost this weekend’s elections. The economy played a huge role in the fate of the outgoing party’s loss. Botswana depends on diamond exports, but the global trade in diamonds has gotten rocky. Alvin Ntibinyane, a Botswanan investigative reporter and scholar at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Canada, explains how Botswana’s reliance on diamonds shaped the election.

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