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The shield Masisi forged, the weapon Boko draws
Former President Mokgweetsi Masisi probably saw the storm coming and forged a diamond-hard armor by opening a multi-billion-dollar trade lifeline to Dubai. President Duma Boko recognised its geopolitical power, and upgraded it into an institutionalized, capital flush weapon of economic defence.
In a rare display of political continuity, the two leaders have alchemized Botswana’s once-mocked diamond beneficiation into an unassailable geopolitical fortress.
What global skeptics and cynical sector analysts once derided as a slow-motion nationalistic failure has suddenly transformed into Botswana’s most lethal, world-class strategic fortress.
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