Since the demand for resources far outmatches the patronage available, Lesotho’s political arena has become brutally competitive
The prime minister has been questioned by the police, plunging the country into another crisis
Pakalitha Mosisili has been the pre-eminent power broker for
decades. What will the Mountain Kingdom look like without him?
SA’s former NPA boss will prosecute the Mountain Kingdom’s most politically sensitive case
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The rowdiness that marked the All Basotho Convention’s navel-gazing “sabbatical conference” gave a new twist to the leadership battle in the party
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Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, elected in June, has pledged repeatedly to reduce the power of the military.
Official says Lieutenant General Khoantle Motsomotso was shot by soldiers who had recently been fired.
Parties should announce coalitional plans prior to the election so that voters can more properly gauge expected outcomes.
The Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho recently held its third general election in the last five years.
Lipolelo Thabane’s death plunges Lesotho into yet another period of dangerous political instability.
In an interview, Tom Thabane outlines his ambitious – perhaps too ambitious – reform agenda.
The mountain kingdom’s politicians keep playing the same old game, with the same frustrating results
The SADC commission looking into violence and political instability in the mountain kindgom is being hamstrung.
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Pakalitha Mosisili came under fire after he objected to the terms of reference of the organisation’s inquiry into security conditions in his country.
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Former Lesotho prime minister Tom Thabane says he fears for his life and is asking for protection.
The final results of a vote in Lesotho, called after an alleged coup attempt by the army, show the kingdom is heading for a coalition government.
Prime Minister Tom Thabane’s All Basotho Convention took an early lead in Lesotho’s snap elections as counting continued on Sunday.
Campaigning has been largely peaceful but analysts say tensions are high before the parliamentary vote.
The nerves of the coup-prone mountain kingdom are frayed as a SADC-monitored poll nears to return it to political stability.
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After a deadly shooting earlier this month, the SADC is being criticised for ignoring the cause of Lesotho’s crisis: political violence.
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The tiny country is struggling to prosecute highly placed politicians accused of financial crimes.
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Cyril Ramaphosa returns to Maseru to mediate a resolution after unrest in the country, around the same time a shootout occurred between armed forces.
Lesotho may head to the polls soon in an attempt to restore political stability, as the country’s leadership crisis appears to be intensifying.
SA will meet regional leaders after they failed to resolve a crisis sparked two weeks ago by an aborted coup.
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Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is taking over from Zuma at mediation talks with Lesotho ministers who disagree over the reopening of Parliament.
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Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli has been seen in Maseru and says he is not in hiding, nor did he seize a cache of army weapons.
Lesotho’s coalition leaders, who met Jacob Zuma following an attempted coup, have been given two days to agree on a date to open Parliament.
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma is to travel to Lesotho to discuss peace and stability in the country after an attempted coup.
Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has said he won’t re-open Parliament, throwing a South African-brokered peace deal into doubt.
Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, who Prime Minister Tom Thabane asked to step down, has seized a cache of army weapons for a possible standoff.
Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane returned to his home country after fleeing following an attempted coup, which the military denies.
Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has failed to return home as reports of escalated tensions in the country’s capital continue.