Botswana's economy contracts 1.3 percent in second quarter

GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana's economy contracted 1.3 percent quarter-on-quarter in the three months to end-June versus a 1.6 percent expansion in the first quarter, data from the statistics office showed. On a year-on-year basis, gross domestic product (GDP) growth was at 1.6 percent in Q2 after expanding by 2.7 percent in Q1. (Writing by TJ Strydom; Editing by Ed Cropley)

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