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When love turns deadly: Botswana’s growing crisis of ‘passion killings’

Almost every week we carry stories of women who have been brutally killed by their partners..PIC.NEWYORKPOST
Almost every week we carry stories of women who have been brutally killed by their partners..PIC.NEWYORKPOST

The sanctity of human life appears to be steadily eroded, as reports of intimate partner violence and murder continue to dominate newspaper headlines with alarming regularity.

Each account of a woman killed by her boyfriend, husband, or former partner seems to mark only a brief pause before the next tragedy unfolds.

Despite years of public debate, advocacy, and government interventions, these killings persist as civil society organisations, religious leaders, traditional authorities, and government institutions have repeatedly called for action.

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