`  == Lack of controversial facts == Can someone with a better wikipedia understanding than me write something about the fact that Botswana is the African country with the healthiest economic growth and also the one country who told the IMF to fuck off when they wanted to ``help``...  Comment from  (Too nice)  C'mon, this page is irreal.  Nothing can be so perfect.  It makes Botswana sound like Paradise on Earth.  The only problem mentioned is AIDS, and then it is glossed over like there were not serious problems in a country where up to one third of the male population may be infected already.  If someone does not improve it, it will need to be marked up as controversial  for lack of controverse!  :This is the strangest thing I heard. I was born and raised in Botswana, before coming to the USA for higher studies. Its incredible that people here have a similar view about Botswana. Botswana is not your stereotypical African Country. There has never been a ``real`` war or civil war there ever, and honestly I dont think there is any REAL negative (especially for an African country) apart from the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Infact i'm surprised that there was less than one line about the amount of effort the govt has put in to combat the epidemic. Botswana, for its size and resources, has done more than any country in the world to combat AIDS, and was the first country to start providing free ARV drugs. I don't want to add up on it, since people are already complaining about the neutrality of this page. AIDS is a widely recognized fact about Africa in general... and I dont really see what more can be written on this page... I do agree that there is a Major income desparity in the country, but Botswana has really only had about 30 years of true development, before which there was almost nothing. Another negative thing I can think about is the Basarwa Relocation Crisis. The basarwa are one of the last group of tribal people in the country who live in the desert. The government was trying to relocate them to urban areas. Anyway, all in all I really think you should visit the country if you get a chance, and you truly want to see what it's all about.   :Comment from 24.125.13.140 (which blanked out previous discussion)  :This page, is a little TOO positive. I know they want to shine a POSITIVE light on Botswana, but there is so much trouble and war and NEGATIVE things in Africa, it was odd that they didn't include some of it. I think AIDS was the only negative aspect toutched upon.  its too positive because Botswana is a very positive country in Africa!   : ummm..... Its very biased to assume that just because majority of Africa is Plagued with war, that Botswana is the same. This is simply a misconception... there has never really been any war since the 1800s. There is a rudamentary social security system in place in this country, so there are poor people.... true. but no crying children with starving bellies and flies (like the media so loves to potray about the stereotypical AFRICA). Read more about this country. check the CIA factbook.  :I would defenitly think about adding some more contraversl facts, that would make this website more accurate.  :All the information above was made from my own mind and no one else's.  ::Okay, this may not be the kind of controversy you are looking for, but it is controversial anyway. i.e. For those people who preaches market forces dogma. Its a quote from Stiglitz's Globalization and its discontents book ````Botswana would not have fared as well as it did if its original contract with the South African diamond cartel had been maintained. Shortly after independence,  the cartel paid Botswana $ 20 million for diamond concession in 1969, which reportedly returned $60 million in profits a year. In other words, the payback period was four months! A brilliant and dedicated lawyer seconded to Botswana government from the World bank argue forcefully for a renegotiation of the contract at a higher price, much to the consternation of the mining interests. De Beers (the South African diamond cartel) tried to tell people that Botswana was being greedy. The used what political muscle they could, through the world bank to stop him. In the end, they managed to extract a letter from World bank making it clear that the lawyer did not speak for the bank. Botswana's response: That is precisely why we are listening to him``   My guess is that the reason that this article is so positive is because in general, people's perception of Africa is one of backward, war torn and corrupt states.  A stable well governed democracy with a growing economy in Africa like Botswana is very unusual.  That said, the article only touched briefly on the fact that AIDS is so rampant there; I've beefed up