Tag: Thomas Thabane
ISS: Lesotho’s future no clearer as Tom Thabane resigns
Just when it looked like things couldn’t get worse in Lesotho, the country was again plunged into uncertainty last week with the announcement by...
Final results of Lesotho polls reveal no clear winner
The final results of southern African kingdom Lesotho's general elections revealed no outright winner as the ruling All Basotho Congress party narrowly...
Lesotho goes to polls in bid for stability six months after...
The people of Lesotho voted on Saturday in a tense election they hope will restore stability six months after an attempted coup...
Lesotho prepares for early vote in bid to ease political crisis
Feuding parties in Lesotho's ruling coalition will face off on Saturday in early national elections staged in a bid to restore stability...
Lesotho’s king convenes parliament for first time since “coup”
Lesotho's king convened parliament on Friday for the first time since an alleged coup attempt in August as the southern African country...
Lesotho brings forward vote to ease political crisis
Lesotho will hold elections earlier than scheduled in 2017, in an effort to ease a political crisis that resulted in an apparent...
ISS: Challenges ahead for SADC’s mediation in Lesotho
Last weekend saw developments of what can be termed as anarchy and subservience taking place in Lesotho's capital, Maseru. The turbulence had...
Lesotho PM returns home under tight security after “coup”
Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane returned to State House in the capital Maseru on Wednesday, four days after he fled to South...
ISS: What next for Lesotho?
South Africans woke up on Saturday morning to the disturbing news that a coup d'état was taking place in the mountain kingdom...
Lesotho PM calls for regional peace force after “coup”: aide
Lesotho's prime minister has asked southern African states to send peacekeepers into his mountain kingdom to restore order after an apparent coup...
Lesotho’s deputy premier in charge after PM flees “coup”
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane accused Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing of helping to plan a coup by the army that forced...
