Chapter one: The African Peer Review Mechanism and its implementation in Lesotho 28. • Ghana (April 2005). • Rwanda (April 2005). • Kenya (October 2005). • South Africa (July 2006). • Algeria (December 2006). • Benin (July 2007). • Uganda (February 2008). • Nigeria (February 2008). • Burkina Faso (February 2008). • Mali (December 2008/January 2009). • Mozambique (February 2009). • Lesotho (March/April 2009). 29. So far, peer reviews at the level of heads of state and government have been conducted for nine of these countries9. The next countries in line for peer review are Mali, Mozambique and Lesotho. 1.4 Implementation of the APRM in Lesotho 30. Lesotho acceded to the APRM in July 2004 at the AU Summit held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 31. The national process started with a national consultative workshop at the Manthabiseng National Convention Centre in Maseru in October 2005. 32. The specific objectives of the workshop were inter alia: 8 9 26 Since its inception in 2003, the APR Panel has launched reviews in 16 countries8. Review missions have been fielded in 12 countries: • To discuss the APRM Base Documents, instruments and procedures in order to facilitate their implementation. • To reflect on experiences and lessons learnt from other countries that are in an advanced stage of the APRM process. These are: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Ghana was the first country to be peer reviewed in January 2006. Rwanda and Kenya followed in June 2006. The peer review of Algeria and South Africa, the first two of the five initiating members of NEPAD to reach this stage, was conducted at the Seventh APR Forum Summit Meeting held on 2 July 2007 in Accra, Ghana. Uganda followed in SharmEl Sheik on 30 June 2008. Burkina Faso and Nigeria were peer reviewed at the first extraordinary session of the APR Forum held in October 2008 in Cotonou, Benin.