{"id":4666,"date":"2021-03-19T20:26:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T20:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/?p=4666"},"modified":"2021-03-19T20:26:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T20:26:08","slug":"zimbabwe-botswana-repatriates-mugabe-era-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2021\/03\/19\/zimbabwe-botswana-repatriates-mugabe-era-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe: Botswana Repatriates Mugabe-Era Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Botswana has drawn media attention as they have been repatriating refugees from Zimbabwe. About 300 refugees fled Zimbabwe after political violence stemming former president Robert Mugabe’s loss in the 2008 presidential election. Botswana has been taking precautionary measures when repatriating these refugees to avoid any COVID outbreaks. Botswana’s director of refugee management says, “those who are being repatriated will be having a Covid-19 test certificate. For those who would have tested positive, they will be held until its safe for them to travel.” After Mugabe’s loss in the election, his opposing candidate was forced to withdraw from the campaign on account of violence by security forces and ruling PF militia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This situation pretty much defines the state of most Sub-Saharan African countries nowadays; a corrupt government keeps control through intimidation and violence which leads to citizens fleeing their homes out of fear. This could affect the rest of the region because now that Botswana is unaccepting of these refugees, they may find another country to take them in, and trying to support refugees will take an unimaginable toll on a country’s economy, especially an economy that is already in a deficit. This situation isn’t new for the Sub-Saharan region, as a matter of fact it is actually very common; refugees typically are either fleeing violence, a corrupt government, or human rights obstructions. Three things that define the state of almost every Sub-Saharan country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ever since 2001 the Sub-Saharan region has taken their Geopolitical reality as a conflict zone, this status is obviously taken from the amount of corruption stopping Sub-Saharan countries from having any sort of economic advancement. History has shown that global powers (US, China, UK etc.) show humanitarian support for countries in need until there is a threat towards their own national security. For example take the US, up until 9\/11 the US focus was on humanitarian efforts and support for countries in need, but once that plane hit the twin towers they shifted focus on the Middle East and China. So the reality is that country’s are all for supporting 3rd world countries until it affects their national interest. So for Sub-Saharan Africa to gain US support, they need to become the US national interest; this can be done through trade agreements, resource distribution, or even military support. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Link: https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202103180091.html Botswana has drawn media attention as they have been repatriating refugees from Zimbabwe. About 300 refugees fled Zimbabwe after political violence stemming former president Robert Mugabe’s loss in the 2008 presidential election. Botswana has been taking precautionary measures when repatriating these refugees to avoid any COVID outbreaks. Botswana’s director of refugee management says, “those who are being repatriated… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4693,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4666\/revisions\/4693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}