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Lesotho: PM Thabane to Seek Re-Election Next Year
VOA, 4 October 2014
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane says he will seek re-election next year after signing an agreement with rival political parties. Read more »
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Lesotho: Parties Break Talks Deadlock
SAPA, 2 October 2014
Lesotho's national general election has been brought forward two years to 2015, South African deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday. Read more »
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Lesotho: Agreement 'Shows Light at End of Tunnel'
VOA, 2 October 2014
Political parties in Lesotho's coalition government signed the "Maseru Facilitation Declaration" agreement on Thursday, which could ease the prevailing political tension that… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Mediator Ramaphosa Reveals Details of Lesotho Deal
South Africa, 2 October 2014
The SADC Double Troika of Heads of States and Government plus DRC and Tanzania meeting in Pretoria on 15 September 2014 mandated us as the SADC Facilitation Mission, to facilitate… Read more »
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Lesotho: Breakthrough in Political Crisis?
allAfrica, 1 October 2014
Mediators in Lesotho's political crisis have scheduled a "major announcement" on efforts to arrange new elections, reopen Parliament and stabilise security. Read more »
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South Africa: Major Announcement on Lesotho Expected
SAnews.gov.za, 2 October 2014
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) facilitator and Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa, is expected to make a major announcement on the political and security impasse… Read more »
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South Africa: Deputy President Continues With Lesotho Mediation Efforts
SAnews.gov.za, 1 October 2014
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as the facilitator of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), will today continue with his facilitation efforts to… Read more »
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Lesotho: SA's Deputy President Arrives in Lesotho
SAnews.gov.za, 30 September 2014
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as the facilitator of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), has arrived in Lesotho for his third visit aimed at… Read more »
End of Lesotho Crisis in Sight
After weeks of wrestling between Basotho political leaders, regional mediators have finally secured from them an agreement to reconvene Parliament on October 17, but only to pass a national budget and to plan for early elections in February 2015, ruling out a vote of no confidence in the current coalition government.
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South Africa's Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa, is travelling to Lesotho to mediate in the political crisis after the leaders agreed to bring the country's election date forward ... Read more »
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With no sign of Lesotho's political leaders overcoming their deadlock over the reopening of Parliament, and against a backdrop of belligerent rhetoric from the country's biggest ... Read more »
