Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi speaks to Reuters at the One & Only Hotel as the African Mining Indaba 2022 takes place, in Cape Town, South Africa, May 10, 2022. REUTERS/Shelley Christians/File Photo
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Botswana holds a national election on Oct. 30, with President Mokgweetsi Masisi favourite to win a second term against three challengers in a nation his Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has governed since independence from Britain in 1966.
Voters elect National Assembly members, who then pick the president. Here are some facts about the candidates:
