Boko, 54, inaugurated just nine days after his party beat the Botswana Democratic Party, which governed for six decades.

Botswana has sworn in Duma Boko as the country’s new president after his landslide election victory kicked out the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which had been in power for nearly 60 years.

On Friday, Boko, 54, took the oath in front of several thousand people in the national stadium just nine days after his Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) crushed the BDP at the ballot box.

“For nearly three score years, our democracy remained unbroken, unproven and untested. On the 30th of October this year, together, we tested this democracy,” Boko said in a speech.

“It is with pride, and perhaps even a tinge of relief, that I can proudly say we have passed this test with flying colours,” he said to cheers from the crowd.

“Together, we usher in a new political dawn.”

Last week, Boko’s left-leaning UDC won 36 seats in parliament compared with just four for the conservative BDP, in a stunning reversal for the party that had governed diamond-rich Botswana since its independence from the United Kingdom in 1966.

Former President Mokgweetsi Masisi, who conceded defeat two days after the vote as his party’s colossal defeat became clear, was in the audience alongside leaders of other regional countries including Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Although the crowd booed Masisi, the new president praised his predecessor’s “statesmanship”.

“Please give him some love,” Boko told the stadium.

“Botswana has set the example of a true democracy at work for the whole world to see and emulate. For that singular act, the former president will remain inscribed prominently in our hearts.”

Young voters made up about a third of the more than one million people registered to vote in the arid and sparsely populated country.

Botswana, often held up as one of Africa’s greatest success stories, ranks among the wealthiest and most stable democracies on the continent. But a global downturn in demand for mined diamonds, which account for more than 80 percent of Southern African exports, has taken a toll on the economy.

Many voters said they wanted change after nearly six decades of BDP rule, with the main concerns being unemployment, the disparity between rich and poor and the economy, which has been hit by plummeting diamond sales, the mainstay of Botswana’s revenues.

Masisi’s government was also accused of mismanagement, nepotism and corruption.

Boko has said a priority for his government will be to stabilise relations with partners in the diamond industry, while diversifying the economy away from its dependence on the international diamond market.

One of cinema’s most iconic vampires is out of the coffin again. Robert Eggers‘ “Nosferatu” finally debuted to film press, and first reactions are calling the horror drama a “knockout” with impeccable below-the-line craft.

A reimagining of F. W. Murnau’s 1922 silent German Expressionist film, “Nosferatu” stars Lily-Rose Depp as a young woman who becomes the object of desire for the terrifying vampire Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård). Eggers’ supporting cast includes Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney and Willem Dafoe. The director penned the script for “Nosferatu” himself.

Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis called the film “gorgeous and horrifically brilliant,” saying Depp is “haunting” and Skarsgård is “menacing.”

Indiewire chief film critic David Ehrlich highlighted all the sweaty “writhing” in the movie, perhaps a superlative amount. And he meant it as a compliment.

Variety senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay flipped for the movie, saying Eggers has delivered “a perfect remake.”

Gregory Ellwood of The Playlist had awards on the mind after the screening, saying the movie is a “major below-the-line player.” Interestingly, he asserted the opinion that Depp has a shot at a nomination in the supporting actress race — a distinguishing from a lead role that’s notable given Depp’s high billing.

Los Angeles Film Critics Association member and Variety contributor Courtney Howard said “if you’re not afraid of rats before seeing this movie, you will be now,” along with the note that it “goes harder than any other horror film this year.”

Gizmodo and io9 reporter Germain Lussier gave the caveat that the film is “not my favorite Eggers,” but still deemed the feature a “knockout” with “a hint of devilish humor.”

Eggers has long been an outspoken fan of Murnau’s film and remaking it was a passion project for the filmmaker, whose directorial efforts so far include “The Witch,” “The Lighthouse” and “The Northman.”

“It was an indie horror in its day, a bit rough around the edges yet it’s one of the greatest and most haunting films ever made,” Robert Eggers once told Shudder about “Nosferatu.” “The newly restored color tinted versions are really impressive, but I still prefer the poor black-and-white versions made from scraps of 16mm prints. Those grimy versions have an uncanny mystery to them and helped build the myth of Max Shreck being a real vampire.”

“Nosferatu” opens in theaters Dec. 25 from Focus Features.