Lesotho: Canada fails to censure Acres

A group of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) has accused the Canadian government's export financing agency of sending the wrong signal on corruption for not sanctioning companies that are convicted of illegal acts abroad. This came after Export Development Canada said it would not bar Canadian engineering company Acres International from future contracts. Earlier this year Acres was convicted in Lesotho of paying bribes to obtain contracts from the Highlands Water Project.