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Joel Konopo

New York

Investigative Journalist, INK Centre for Investigative Journalism at Freelance

| Visual journalist @ink_cij 🇧🇼 || @jskstanford Journalism Fellow | Data Journalism @columbiajourn

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  • Nov 10, 2024 | allafrica.com | Shinovene Immanuel |Joel Konopo

    Botswana's new vice president, Ndaba Gaolathe, worked in Namibia and was detained for allegedly supporting former Swapo veteran Hidipo Hamutenya's presidency. "I was once detained at an airport in Namibia for supporting Hamutenya's presidential bid against former president Hifikepunye Pohamba," Gaolathe recalled, sharing these details for the first time in an interview with The Namibian and its Botswana partner, the INK Centre for Investigative Journalism.

  • Jun 21, 2024 | africanelephantjournal.com | Joel Konopo

    By Joel Konopo – Botswana GuardiansunWhy do politicians inflate the value of recreational hunting and community benefits when the economic evidence in favour of trophy hunting is thin? When a Botswana delegation visited the United Kingdom in March this year to dissuade British MPs from voting for a bill that bans the importation of hunting trophies, representatives from Mababe – a small settlement and a significant player in safari hunting – were left behind.

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Joel Konopo @JKonopo
31 Oct 23

RT @_FreeExpression: Botswana has no Freedom of Expression law. The Freedom of Information Bill is yet to be enacted. This works against pr…

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Joel Konopo @JKonopo
31 Oct 23

RT @MediaCouncilK: AI in Media: Better days lie ahead on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the media following the inauguration of…

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Joel Konopo @JKonopo
30 Oct 23

RT @foottoon1: @piersmorgan I just watched a TikTok where the lady said: "If a school shooter was hiding out in a classroom when would it…