Rathedi is first ambassador to CARICOM

Botswana has appointed Bernadette Rathedi as its first ever ambassador to the Caribbean Community of states (CARICOM).

Rathedi, who is Botswana’s resident ambassador to Brazil, was also accredited as the country’s first Plenipotentiary Representative to CARICOM in a ceremony in Guyana this week.

CARICOM is an organisation of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies, whose main purposes are to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy.

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Inspect the voters' roll!

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