The president of Botswana Ian Khama is always out of kilter with the rest of the continent on issues of continental importance. The people of Botswana do not necessarily agree with the bizarre positions he adopts. He adopts pro-Western positions which he never raises in their national parliament.
The African continent (except Ethiopia and Liberia) was under colonial rule. Then Ghana became independent in 1957, followed by many other countries in the 1960s to 1990s. The last was South Africa in 1994 although the writer is not oblivious of the fact that Western Sahara's independence from Morocco is still outstanding.
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