Amnesty International calls on the government in Botswana not to carry out its threat to forcibly remove them.

The members of the secessionist United Democratic Party, now banned in Namibia, say the reasons for their fleeing to Botswana 20 years go still exist.

Some of their comrades are still imprisoned in Namibia and the Windhoek government has refused their call for dialogue.

Their leader Felix Kalula does not believe the assurance from Namibian President Heine Geingob that they will be safe back home.

His Botswana counterpart Mokgweetsi Mashishi insists his government will enforce a court order for the refugees to be repatriated next month.

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Washington’s posted the troika from various missions in South Africa to take the top jobs in Malawi, Rwanda and Botswana.

The diplomats still have to get US Senate approval to take up their ambassadorial posts.

Erica Barks Ruggles the Consul General in Cape Town has already faced a Senate hearing.

She’s been tapped as ambassador to Rwanda.

Virginia Palmer, who was second-in-command in Pretoria, has been appointed ambassador to Malawi.

Earl Miller, who’s Consul General in Johannesburg will be Uncle Sam’s chief representative in Botswana.

None of the three is able to talk to the media about the appointments until the Senate that approved them.

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