Botswana’s former president Festus Mogae dies, government says

GABORONE, May 8 (Reuters) – Botswana’s former president Festus Mogae, an economist who led the diamond-rich nation for a decade and won international praise for good governance and the fight against HIV/AIDS, has died, the government said on Friday.

(Reporting by Brian Benza and Sfundo Parakozov; Writing by Nilutpal Timsina; Editing by Alexander Winning)


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