'A resurgence of colonial conquest' - says the President of Botswana | Trophy hunting ban

The President of Botswana has hit back at MPs debating a potential ban on trophy hunting imports.

In an interview with Sky News' Yalda Hakim, Mokgweetsi Masisi said that politicians in the UK were "condescending" his people.

Mr Masisi said that elephant populations were surging in Botswana, putting the lives of people at risk - and some of them needed to be killed.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/botswana-likens-trophy-hunting-to-culling-after-threats-to-send-10-000-elephants-to-hyde-park-13099095

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