Botswana opposition groups unite to challenge ruling BDP

Botswana's four main opposition parties launched a coalition on Friday to challenge the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in 2019 elections. The BDP has been in power since 1966, but saw its share of the popular vote sink below 50 percent for the first time in elections in 2014, as it paid the price for sluggish economic growth and high youth unemployment. The four parties - the Botswana National Front, the Botswana Movement for Democracy, the Botswana Congress Party, and the Botswana Peopl