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World Service,03 Oct 2025,27 mins

Focus on Africa: Can Botswana continue to depend on its diamond industry?

Africa Daily

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In an exclusive interview with the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Waihiga Mwaura, Botswana's President Duma Boko, outlines his plan to reduce his country's reliance on the diamond industry amid falling global demand, and how he is pushing for a 0% tariff deal with the US. Guinea is showing signs of economic progress under the military-led regime. What is driving the country's economic growth? And more than 200 million people worldwide are infected by schistosomiasis - also known as bilharzia - which is a disease caused by parasitic worms. The majority of those affected live in sub-Saharan Africa. How can the disease be prevented? Presenter : Nyasha Michelle Producers: Sunita Nahar, Mark Wilberforce and Stefania Okereke in London. Makuochi Okafor was in Nairobi Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne Technical Producer: Pat Sissons Editors: Maryam Abdalla, Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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