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Can Botswana continue to depend on its diamond industry?

Can Botswana continue to depend on its diamond industry?

Update: 2025-10-03
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In an exclusive interview with the BBC's Waihiga Mwaura, Botswana's President Duma Boko, outlines his plan to reduce his country's reliance on the diamond industry amid falling global demand, and how he is pushing for a 0% tariff deal with the US.

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Presenter: Nyasha Michelle
Producers: Sunita Nahar, Mark Wilberforce and Stefania Okereke in London. Makuochi Okafor was in Nairobi
Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne
Technical Producer: Pat Sissons
Editors: Maryam Abdalla, Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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Can Botswana continue to depend on its diamond industry?

Can Botswana continue to depend on its diamond industry?

BBC World Service