![[Cote d'Ivoire] A mother with child on back pounds grain to create a flour to feed her family in an IDP camp. Thousands of residents occupy camps through out the country ravaged by civil war.](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/20058118.jpg.webp?itok=1UEWPah3 "This mother and child are among some 700,000 displaced people in Cote d'Ivoire.")
Botswana’s parliament convened on Monday to pass a bill amending the electoral law to allow voters whose identity cards have expired to register for the elections scheduled for October, AFP reported.
Of the 900,000 eligible Batswana voters, only 400,000 have so far registered, and the bill is expected to boost the numbers of people registering to vote.
Festus Mogae, Botswana’s president, has still to officially proclaim the election date in polls expected to be won by the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) which has been in power since the country gained independence from Britain in 1966.
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