Lesotho to Hold Elections Next Year

In an effort to ease a political crisis that resulted in an attempted coup in August, Lesotho will hold its General Elections in February 2015 and parliament will be reopened in a fortnight.

This was announced on Thursday by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also the Southern African Development Community (SADC) peace mediator for Lesotho.

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