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Mozambique: Nyusi Chairs Meeting On Lesotho Crisis
AIM, 7 October 2015
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi met in Maputo on Tuesday with South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, and the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Pakalitha Mosisili, in an attempt… Read more »
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Lesotho: High Court Orders Release of Military Detainees
SALC, 7 October 2015
On Monday 5 October 2015, the Maseru High Court, per Justice Makara, ordered that the close arrest of 23 soldiers by the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) is unlawful and set it aside,… Read more »
Lesotho Court Orders Release of Soldiers
The Maseru High Court has ordered the release of soldiers arrested on charges relating to an alleged mutiny plot. They were placed under arrest at the time other troops killed former military commander, Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao.
InFocus
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The killing of a former army commander and the torture of detained soldiers have raised again the need to reform Lesotho's faction-ridden security forces. Read more »
The current army commander, Lieutenant-General Tlali Kamoli, left, with Lieutenant-General Maaparankoe Mahao. Mahao was killed by troops after being accused of plotting a takeover.
