The dangers of toxic politics of ethnicity

The sentiments by Professor Nnoli are true as it is evident that all the sub regions of the African continent are submerged in various forms of violent conflict. The most unfortunate thing about such conflicts (current and in the past) is that they have really had an adverse impact on the socio-economic and political stability of many states.

Botswana, on the other hand, is one of the few countries in the continent that have never experienced any form of violent conflict since independence. In addition, the country has never gone through the horrors of the liberation struggle that other countries such as Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia and others had to endure before attaining their independence.