Vice president ends Africa tour

GABORONE - Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari left for home after wrapping up his three-day visit to Botswana Monday night.

Ansari reached Gaborone Saturday and held delegation level talks with his host, Botswana Vice President Momfati Merafhe, a former army officer who got military training in India.

They signed two agreements in agriculture and education.

Ansari’s engagements on the last day of his seven-day African trip was a tour of the facilities of the Diamond Trading Co and addressing the Indian community.