Lesotho opposition leader flees to Botswana
For a second time in months, Tom Thabane has fled Lesotho for fear of his life. As prime minister of the mountain kingdom he crossed into South Africa last year saying the military was planning to kill him. This week as leader of the opposition, he has sought refuge in Botswana. I met Tom Thabane […]
African leaders drafted in to boost peer review mechansim
Africa’s cash-strapped governance self-assessment instrument is calling in former leaders to revive its popularity and get more of the 53 members of the continental body to sign up for it. A meeting in Gaborone this week was unable to attract the founding fathers of the 12-year-old African Peer Review Mechanism. But the will be called […]