The world meets in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss Botswana's elephants
Thursday, August 22, 2019
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Elephants PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Tourism minister, Kitso Mokaila and eight senior officials are attending the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Conference of Parties 18 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Several local wildlife NGOs both for and against government's proposals, are also in the Swiss capital.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...