Kofi Annan remembers Masire
24 Jun 2017
It is with great sadness that I learned of Botswana’s former President Ketumile Masire’s passing.
He epitomised the type of informed leadership our continent so direly needs. As the principal architect of many of Botswana’s economic and political successes after independence, he showed that it is possible if leadership puts the country’s rather than one’s own interests first.
Even after retirement, President Masire played constructive roles in many diplomatic and peace-seeking initiatives across the continent.
I would like to express my deepest sympathies to President Masire’s family and to all people of Botswana during this time of mourning.
May he rest in peace.
Source : BOPA
Author : Kofi Annan
Location : Ghana
Event : Message of condolence
Date : 24 Jun 2017
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