Africa: Festus Mogae - This Diamond Is Forever
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[Bridges Institute] Washington, DC -- When Festus Mogae died in early May, the world lost a global statesman and I lost a beloved friend of more than 40 years.
Washington, DC — When Festus Mogae died in early May, the world lost a global statesman and I lost a beloved friend of more than 40 years.
The Oxford- trained economist was a dedicated democrat, committed feminist and visionary leader who successfully shepherded Botswana through the HI/AIDS crisis. But the magic of Festus was his integration of those talents and traits into a soft-spoken powerhouse who was instrumental in piloting a small, newly independent southern Africa country from dire poverty at its 1966 independence to prosperity as the strongest democracy and most resilient economy on the continent 60 years later.
Hundreds Pay Tribute as Former Botswana President Lies in State
