Desk Reports : In a small, unassuming village just outside Gaborone, Botswana’s capital, Keorapetse Koko sat on an old, slightly worn couch in her modest home. She was simply stunned. For seventeen years, her career—and honestly, the economic backbone of her entire nation—was built on diamonds. Now, she watches that foundation crumble, and it’s happening fast. You see, Botswana’s story is incredible. Diamonds were discovered back in 1967, only a year after independence. This landlocked country, once one of the world’s poorest, experienced an abrupt, life-changing stroke of luck, quickly…
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