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World Service,5 mins

Botswana leaders’ souring relationship

Focus on Africa

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Former President of Botswana Ian Khama recently announced he was leaving the BDP party he led while he was president, signalling that the relationship between him and his successor President Mokgweetsi Masisi has soured. In this interview with the BBC's Veronique Edwards, Mr Khama talks of how his views on the current president have changed, from referring to him as a "brother and friend" to a leader "drunk on power". (Photo: Botswana's new President Mokgweetsi Masisi is congratulated by outgoing president Ian Khama. Credit: MONIRUL BHUIYAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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