Tensions rise at Botswana, Namibia border

The Namibian police were over the weekend forced to restrain themselves against alleged provocation and brutality by members of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) at the neighbouring countries border post.

The alleged incident, as reported in the Namibian media, comes barely two weeks after the Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security Segakweng Tsiane asserted before the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that there is no bad blood between Botswana and Namibia.

The Namibian Sun Newspaper reported yesterday that the Namibian police were forced to keep their cool after the BDF forcibly removed Namibian fishermen before setting their huts on fire.

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