Botswana must not be a flag of convenience for rogues

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It is a troubling state of affairs when a nation that does not possess a single inch of coastline, let alone a functioning ship registry, suddenly finds itself listed as the flag state for seventeen ocean-going vessels.

‘A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle’.

- George William Curtis

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Botswana must not be a flag of convenience for rogues

It is a troubling state of affairs when a nation that does not possess a single inch of coastline, let alone a functioning ship registry, suddenly finds itself listed as the flag state for seventeen ocean-going vessels.

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