Khama saves Lesotho from SADC sanctions
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
In a revealing press conference this afternoon, Foreign Affairs minister, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi said by Monday, SADC leaders, meeting in a Double Troika over political unrest in Lesotho, had agreed to censure the country, through a range of punitive measures, including suspension, sanctions and other “exclusions”.
Central in the meeting was Lesotho’s acceptance of a Commission of Enquiry report into the June 25, 2015 assassination of former military chief, Maaparankoe Mahao. The Lesotho government is legally challenging the commission, its report and its commissioners, who were led by local judge, Mpaphi Phumaphi.
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