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Good governance prize for Botswana president

[Botswana] Few jobs are available for young women. [Date picture taken: November 2005] Mercedes Sayagues/IRIN
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    Former President of Botswana Festus Gontebanye Mogae is the 2008 winner of the US$5 million Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership established to recognise and celebrate excellence in African leadership.

    Kofi Annan, chair of the Prize Committee, said: “President Mogae’s outstanding leadership has ensured Botswana’s continued stability and prosperity in the face of an HIV/AIDS pandemic which threatened the future of his country and people.”

    Former President of Mozambique Joaquim Chissano won the prize last year.

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