Southern Africa: SADC Troops to Leave

SOUTHERN African Development Community (SADC) soldiers are now set to leave Lesotho after regional leaders rejected Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's bid to extend their mandate by a further three months.

The Lesotho Times has authoritatively established that the leaders poured scorn on Dr Thabane's bid to have the mandate of the soldiers extended beyond the fast approaching deadline of November 2018, telling the Prime Minister that it was high time Lesotho put its house in order and implemented the multi-sectoral reforms recommended by the regional body to achieve durable peace and stability in the Kingdom.

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