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Pretty Clean Of Corruption

September 2008 | Ratings Update

Botswana came in as the best ranked African country in the newly released Transparency International league table of 2008 corruption perceptions, sitting in 36th place out of 180 states ranked. There are some concerns about a few deals done in the mining sector and local government, but Botswana has

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