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|description=Country in Southern [[Africa]]. Formerly part of the [[British Empire]], Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world.
 
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Formerly one of the world's poorest countries—with a GDP per capita of about US$70 per year in the late 1960s—Botswana has since transformed itself into an upper middle income country, with one of the world's fastest-growing economies.
 
==Genocide==
 
==Genocide==
 
The Botswanan government has unleashed a [[genocidal]] program against the bushmen, in the Kalahari - including shooting them from helicopters. They are deemed to be illegally breaking its ban on hunting, since they have not board licenses sold to tourists for the sport.<ref>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2988017/botswana_shooting_bushmen_from_helicopters_is_wrong.html</ref>
 
The Botswanan government has unleashed a [[genocidal]] program against the bushmen, in the Kalahari - including shooting them from helicopters. They are deemed to be illegally breaking its ban on hunting, since they have not board licenses sold to tourists for the sport.<ref>http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2988017/botswana_shooting_bushmen_from_helicopters_is_wrong.html</ref>
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Revision as of 22:16, 28 August 2021

Group.png Botswana   Sourcewatch WikiquoteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Location Botswana AU Africa.svg
Flag of Botswana.svg
LocationAfrica
TypeUnited Nations Members.svg nation state
Member ofAfrican Union, Commonwealth of Nations, International Criminal Court, Organisation of African Unity, UN
SubpageBotswana/President
Country in Southern Africa. Formerly part of the British Empire, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world.

Formerly one of the world's poorest countries—with a GDP per capita of about US$70 per year in the late 1960s—Botswana has since transformed itself into an upper middle income country, with one of the world's fastest-growing economies.

Genocide

The Botswanan government has unleashed a genocidal program against the bushmen, in the Kalahari - including shooting them from helicopters. They are deemed to be illegally breaking its ban on hunting, since they have not board licenses sold to tourists for the sport.[1]

 

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