Somali National News Agency
So
Ar
Search
  • Home
  • Local News
    Local NewsShow More
    New Water Well Project Breaks Ground in Somalia’s Bakool Region
    August 1, 2025
    Somali Parliamentarians Visit Chinese Science and Technology Center
    August 1, 2025
    Somalia and ASEAN to Strengthen Diplomatic and Economic Ties
    August 1, 2025
    Somali Federal Government Pledges Special Support to Northeast Administration
    August 1, 2025
    Banaadir Region Pledges $200,000 for Drought Relief in Somalia’s Awdal Region
    August 1, 2025
  • World News
    World NewsShow More
    Seven people in critical condition after car ramming at LA nightclub
    July 20, 2025
    Tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay, killing 37
    July 20, 2025
    Israel kills more than 50 in Gaza as UN warns of ‘catastrophic hunger’
    July 19, 2025
    Nairobi is locked down as Kenyan police clash with protesters
    July 8, 2025
    Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search devastated landscape
    July 6, 2025
  • Articles
    ArticlesShow More
    National ID Enforcement in Somalia: A Strategic Plan to boost the Country’s Economy
    July 31, 2025
    The Return of the White Star: Somali Airlines Resumes Operations After Three Decades
    July 29, 2025
    Somali Parliamentarian Drives New Governance Efforts in Contested Laascaanood
    July 25, 2025
    Somalia Boosts Its Diplomatic Presence in the Region and Beyond
    July 15, 2025
    A Somali Lens on Xinjiang: Shared Prosperity, Cultural Vitality, and Triumph Over Adversity Offer Lessons for the World.
    July 11, 2025
  • Business
    BusinessShow More
    Somalia Unveils the Blueprint for a Modern and Sustainable Mogadishu
    December 21, 2024
    Djibouti Launches $57.4 Million Youth Entrepreneurship Project to Combat Climate Change
    November 25, 2024
    FM meets Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia
    October 28, 2024
    President Hassan Sheikh Inaugurates New LPG Storage Center in Mogadishu
    May 12, 2024
    Collaboration of ICT transformation for digital Infrastructure
    October 24, 2023
  • Sports
    SportsShow More
    Mogadishu Stadium to Host Star-Studded Match Featuring Somali Legends and International Football Icons
    May 27, 2025
    Arsenal held at Brighton while Man City bounce-back continues
    January 5, 2025
    Galmudug wins the Inter-State Football Tournament
    January 29, 2024
    Somalia set for two int’l friendlies ahead of WC qualifier clashes against Algeria and Uganda
    October 10, 2023
    Chicago woman, 104, skydives from plane, aiming for record as the world’s oldest skydiver
    October 3, 2023
  • Tenders
    TendersShow More
Reading: Presidential, parliamentary polls open in Botswana
Share
Font ResizerAa
Somali National News AgencySomali National News Agency
  • SOMALI
  • ARABIC
Search
  • Home
  • Local News
  • World News
  • Articles
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Tenders
Follow US
©2023 || All rights reserved SONNA
Somali National News Agency > Blog > World News > Presidential, parliamentary polls open in Botswana
World News

Presidential, parliamentary polls open in Botswana

By Osman
Last updated: October 30, 2024
2 Min Read
Share

LUSAKA, Zambia

Presidential and parliamentary polls opened in Botswana early on Wednesday, with four contenders for the country’s top job including incumbent President Mokgweetsi Eric Masisi.

Masisi, 63, is seeking reelection for another five-year term of office and is running on the ruling Botswana Democratic Party ticket.

Other candidates are Umbrella for Democratic Change’s advocate Duma Boko, 54, Botswana Congress Party’s Dumelang Saleshando and Botswana Patriotic Front’s Mephato Reatile.

The presidential election is being held simultaneously with parliamentary polls, with the term of members also running for five years.

The Botswana National Assembly comprises 65 members of parliament, including the president and speaker being ex-officious, with 57 members being elected by constituents and six specifically elected by members of parliament.

The Independent Electoral Commission of Botswana (IEC) said more than 1 million voters are eligible to cast their votes among the nation’s 2.5 million population.

Masisi has declared polling day a public holiday to encourage high voter turnout.

Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. local time (0500 GMT) and are expected to close by 7 p.m., after which vote counting will begin.

Some of the key election issues raised ahead of the polls included high unemployment among the youth, deteriorating health sector which requires a boost and calls for the diversification of the economy heavily reliant on diamonds to other minerals.

Source: AA

Share This Article
Facebook Whatsapp Whatsapp Email Copy Link Print

MORE NEWS

Official Reopening of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archives

CultureEducationLocal News
November 23, 2024

Kenya’s small farmers find respite in avocados amid changing climate

NAIROBI(SONNA) As crop diseases and pests rise in Kenya amid a rapidly changing climate that…

March 11, 2023

New Water Well Project Breaks Ground in Somalia’s Bakool Region

HUDUR, BAKOOL REGION — A new deep water well project has been initiated in the…

August 1, 2025

Nimcaan Hilaac appointed to lead Waberi National Band

Mogadishu (SONNA)-Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed…

March 3, 2020

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

Heavy gunfire heard in Sudan’s capital Khartoum

Heavy gunfire has been heard in Sudan’s capital Khartoum following days of tension between the army and a powerful paramilitary…

World News
April 15, 2023

The launch of the media meeting “Saudi-Pakistani relations… joint efforts to serve Islam and Muslims and combat terrorism

Islamabad (UNA) - Today, the media meeting on “Saudi-Pakistani relations... joint efforts to serve Islam and Muslims and combat terrorism”…

World News
April 5, 2023

Prime Minister Kheire meets Qatar Amir in Doha 

Doha(SONNA)- Somalia Prime Minister H.E Hassan Ali Kheire meted Qatar Amir H.E. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in Doha and…

Local NewsNewsPoliticsWorld News
November 18, 2019

Spanish island volcano eruption hits local record of 85 days

A volcanic eruption in Spain’s Canary Islands shows no sign of ending after 85 days, becoming the island of La…

World News
December 13, 2021

Somali National News Agency established in 1964. It is one of the main pillars of the Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism.

  • Home
  • Local News
  • World News
  • Articles
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Tenders
  • SNTV
  • RADIO MOGADISHU
  • DALKA JOURNAL
  • TOURISM DEPARTMENT

Follow US: 

  • MoICT
  • VILLA SOMALIA
  • OPM SOMALIA

All rights reserved SONNA

©2023

Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?