♦ The presidential candidate of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) Duma Boko was declared Botswana’s sixth president. Botswana’s Chief Justice Terence Rannowane made this announcement.

♦ He was born in 1969 in the small town of Mahalapye.

♦ According to the southern African country’s electoral law, the polling will determine 61 members of the National Assembly and 609 local councillors, with the party that holds at least 31 parliament seats to be declared as the winner.

♦ While the counting is yet to be finalised, UDC has already secured 34 members of the National Assembly, and the ruling party, the Botswana Democratic Party, got four seats.