President Duma Boko wants Botswana to cross 50% ownership of the diamond company that generates 80% of the country's export earnings; talks with Gulf sovereign funds accelerated in April and June 2026

President Duma Boko has moved to delink the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime from the public service, demanded bilateral talks on Botswana's soil rather than in Washington, and articulated a natural-resource sovereignty doctrine that frames his first year in office