3rd largest diamond in the world found in Botswana

They have been reasonably successful in dealing with Covid and in promoting vaccination. On the other hand, the economy contracted by 9% last year, unemployment rose sharply, etc, etc. Big employers including mining, construction, transport and tourism have been badly hit.
And in a country without the kind of well-financed social safety net that the developed west enjoys and with high levels of inequality, that works immediately to bring a lot of real hardship to a lot of people.