Botswana’s Electoral Body Warns Opposition About Rigging Claims

Gaborone, Botswana — Botswana’s election commission is warning opposition parties against what it calls “reckless” claims of poll rigging ahead of the October 30 general election, even as some opposition leaders insist that cheating is happening.

The Independent Electoral Commission’s chief public relations officer, Osupile Maroba, said allegations that dead people’s names have been placed on the roll of registered voters are false, disrespectful and absurd.

Even so, Moeti Mohwasa, a…