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Lesotho: Basotho Go to the Polls With Yet Another Unstable Coalition in Prospect
Daily Maverick, 6 October 2022
Lesotho goes to the polls on Friday to elect a new government, with another messy and unstable coalition likely to be the outcome, once again. Read more »
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Lesotho: Lesotho Needs Credible Polls to Achieve Stability - Commonwealth
Lesotho Times, 6 October 2022
The Commonwealth organisation recently deployed a six-member team to observe Lesotho's general elections which will be held tomorrow. Read more »
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Lesotho: Lesotho Bungles Political Reforms, Risking Fresh Bout of Instability After 2022 Poll
The Conversation Africa, 5 October 2022
The Kingdom of Lesotho - a small landlocked country in southern Africa with a population of 2.1 million people - has failed to introduce key political reforms needed to bring… Read more »
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Lesotho: Country Prepares for October 7 Elections
SANF, 4 October 2022
The Kingdom of Lesotho will hold general elections this week to elect Members of Parliament who will then choose a Prime Minister, who becomes Head of Government. Read more »
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Lesotho: Reforms Hang in the Balance Ahead of Elections
ISS, 29 September 2022
Reforms should have preceded voting; their passage now depends on the promises of parties running for power. Read more »
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Lesotho: Elections Due in October Despite Lack of Progress On Key Political Reforms
The Conversation Africa, 4 July 2022
Lesotho is due to hold national elections in mid-October. The polls were expected to be held under a new constitutional regime resulting from a reform process that started in 2012.… Read more »
Lesotho Goes to the Polls Amid Uncertainty Over Reforms
The mountain kingdom of Lesotho is a landlocked country encircled by South Africa. On Friday, October 7, 2022 the nation goes to the polls to elect a new prime minister amid uncertainty over the future of much-needed reforms that were declared null and void at the eleventh hour.
Violence and brutality by security forces also threaten the elections, which over 50 political parties are contesting, writes Liesl Louw-Vaudran for the Institute for Security Studies. Lesotho is currently led by Moeketsi Majoro.
Majoro was sworn in on May 20, 2020 after the resignation of Tom Thabane, following allegations of his involvement in the murder of his estranged wife Lipolelo Thabane in 2017.
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The government of Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has fallen apart in Parliament after his coalition partners withdrew their support, signaling a potential end to a lengthy ... Read more »
