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Botswana Ranked Best Governed Country In Africa
The Positive Peace Index (PPI) has ranked Botswana the best governed country in Africa. The country is placed at number 41 out of 125 countries which where measured against eight core governance categories.
The categories included issues such as a well functioning government, good relations with neighbours ,free flow of information, respect for human rights and low level of corruption.
In Africa Botswana is followed by Namibia 51, South Africa 53, Ghana 55 and Tunisia 58.
Botswana has also emerged among countries which are considered the most peaceful in the world.
And the 2013 Global Peace Index (GIP) which was released on June 11 by the Institute for Economics and Peace IEP, places Botswana at 32 out of 162 countries.
Therefore, Botswana is above half of the European region countries measured.
In Africa Botswana is placed behind Mauritius 21,but is ahead of Namibia 46, Zambia 48, South Africa 121 and Zimbabwe 149.
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Dataless
June 13, 2013 at 6:15 pm
Dataless
ISLANDER
June 14, 2013 at 6:07 am
Ghana yes. South Africa should be removed from that list considering gross human rights injustices.
Wantanshi
June 14, 2013 at 6:17 am
If Botswana is placed behind Mauritius how come it’s ranked number one in Africa? There seems a distortion of facts and subjective reporting here. Is Mauritius in Africa or not? If not why include it in African statistics?
wana
June 14, 2013 at 8:46 am
which continent are u from for failure to understand that Mauritius is in Africa. Go back to the atlas. I wonder which school u went to.
bev
June 14, 2013 at 9:11 am
WANA ITS ENGLISH YOU HAVE NOT UNDERSTOOD, read the comment again, you will realise that the heading and the story are putting Botswana at different positions. title is saying its the best, but the story is saying Botswana is behind Mauritius
isaac
June 14, 2013 at 9:41 am
The only country in Africa which i agree with in terms of GDP growth and other economic achievements is Mauritius. But where human rights are concerned,South Africa i strongly oppose any way,the whole article is poorly tabulated.
Tallo Tiger
June 14, 2013 at 10:34 am
Mauritius is ahead interms of IEP but the article and the story emphasizes on PPI which put botswana best ranked
Air Mukwai_
June 14, 2013 at 4:05 pm
Of course Botswana can be the best in any way since it has a human population of 1.8 million and animal population of 6.2 million. Hence majority rule and data extract is based on majority.
MAFO
June 14, 2013 at 4:49 pm
AM FAMOUS IN AFRICA, OR NO ONLY IN AFRICA BUT ALSO IN GHANA, BOSTWANA, ZIMBABWE AND SOUTHA FRICAN – OLD ADAGE- (@Wantanshi sure with your ignorance atase mulanda landa fye)
WWCN
June 14, 2013 at 9:32 pm
MAFO and Wana ninshi mwalikwata sana amano? Lets learn to use kind words as we advise others or be ‘assertive’ no one is perfect.