LESOTHO VOTERS REGISTER AHEAD OF 2002 POLL

LESOTHO’S reconstituted Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) began registering voters on Monday for general elections in the politically turbulent mountain kingdom in April or May 2002. Registration of the approximately 800 000 potential voters among the population of about two million is taking place in more than 1 000 centres under the observation of all participating political parties, non-governmental organisations and the media. – AFP