Botswana is out of step with Africa

After the ANC Youth League's attack on Botswana's President, Ian Khama, The Mail and Guardian spoke to the league's head of international relations, Abner Mosaase, about its foray into geopolitics and international relations.

What business is it of the youth league to become involved in Botswana's internal politics?
We are implementing a decision taken at the World Festival of Youth and Students last November. It was agreed that in countries with Africom interests, there should be concentrated youth command teams. In countries where the US either has military bases or is planning them, the work of the youth command teams is to condemn Africom and make sure that it does not exist.

Why would you start to determine foreign policy?
We are also implementing a decision made by the Pan African Youth Union, which charged us, as the country closest to Botswana, to run the youth command team. It's just that people misunderstood Julius Malema and thought there was going to be a coup or something like that.

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