BOTSWANA is to withdraw its remaining troops from Lesotho by the end of April, presidential spokesperson Andrew Sesinyi said on Wednesday. Some 650 soldiers of the Botswana Defence Force were deployed in the tiny landlocked kingdom as part of a Southern African Development Community intervention force that entered Lesotho last September to stabilise the political situation. On Tuesday Deputy President and de facto defence minister Seretse Khama Ian Khama said the situation in Lesotho has stabilised. He added, however, that Botswana will continue to monitor the situation and the troops will return if necessary.