The fight against poaching

President Khama's remarks at the opening of the African Elephant Summit in Gaborone

The ever increasing world population and the need to feed and house all, is putting an increasing pressure on all our natural resources. There is a growing acceptance, based on indisputable scientific evidence, that we are pushing the very boundaries of our Planet and thereby threatening the health and wellbeing of human kind both now and in the future.

Africa is no exception to this. The need for forward thinking people to develop and implement new and creative sustainable ideas is needed more than ever, as continuing to do things the way we have in the past is not an option.

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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