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Lesotho: Royal Plea for Unity After Parties Agree to Reform Governance
allAfrica, 5 July 2019
Against the backdrop of Lesotho's decades-long political strife, and recent turmoil within the current ruling party, a senior member of the Basotho royal family has issued an… Read more »
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Lesotho: Gun Battle Nearly Erupts Within Ruling Party
Lesotho Times, 28 June 2019
THERE was drama when security guards of the warring All Basotho Convention (ABC) factions came close to exchanging gunfire at the party's Maseru offices as the power struggle… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Proposed Lesotho No Confidence Motion Shocks Region
Lesotho Times, 18 June 2019
THE looming no confidence vote against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his government has sent shockwaves across the entire Southern African region. Read more »
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Lesotho: U.S. Warns Govt On Second MCC Compact
Lesotho Times, 28 June 2019
THE United States (US) has warned that Lesotho risks losing out on the multi-million-dollar second compact under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) due to concerns about… Read more »
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Lesotho: Time for Visionary Leaders in Lesotho
allAfrica, 6 March 2016
Almost a month after the release of the report of a Southern African Development Community (SADC) inquiry into political instability in Lesotho, many citizens remain in the dark… Read more »
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Lesotho: Mohair Farmers Suffer Depression, Suicide Amid Trade Crisis
allAfrica, 25 June 2019
Lesotho Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso, chief of the royal village of Matsieng and co-patron of world renowned charity Sentebale alongside the United Kingdom's Prince Harry, has said… Read more »
'Make Peace With Our History' Says Lesotho Royal
Lesotho needs "to make peace with our history" and reconcile, Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso said as parties signed an agreement aimed at stabilising the country through governance, security and media reforms.
InFocus
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Following a bruising battle for control of the ruling All Basotho Convention party's national executive committee that Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and his faction lost in court, ... Read more »
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Whoever is elected to deputize Prime Minister Thomas Thabane at his party's impending leadership conference is seen as his obvious successor. But that person might have to wait ... Read more »
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Longstanding and bitter political rivalry, worsened by security force interference in politics, has led to a continuing political crisis in Lesotho over the past three years. But ... Read more »
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Lesotho's Prince Chief Bereng Seeiso, a close friend of the groom, has worked with Prince Harry on charity projects and business opportunities in Lesotho. Read more »
Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso of Lesotho, Principal Chief of Matsieng and brother of King Letsie III.
