Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ADV) – Botswana ended a decade-long boycott of African Union summits only to return this year and become a member of two important platforms, sources told ADV.
The move is contained in a statement from the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday.
The source said that while incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi was in Addis Ababa to attend to the 32nd summit, he also proceeded with the signature of the memorandum of understanding with the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).
In so doing, Botswana has become the 38th country to become member of the mechanism.
President Masisi only appended his signature to the African Union high level dialogue both of them on the sidelines of the ongoing African Union summit.
“Botswana has always believed in good practices especially when it border on issues concerning good governance and stands to gain a lot from countries that are members of the APRM,” the statement said.
It can be recalled that the APRM was introduced in 2003 as a mutually agreed instrument to which member nations of the African Union voluntarily sign up as a self monitoring mechanism.
The mechanism is to encourage conformity with political, economic and corporate governance values among member states.
© Bur-csa – A.H – N.A / From our regional correspondent Tamba Jean-Matthew III – African Daily Voice (ADV) – Follow us on Twitter : @ADVinfo_eng
