Lesotho trundles along bumpy road to ... peace?

Two countries. Both near or around the heart of southern Africa. Both bountifully blessed with pristine natural beauty. Both sparkling with diamonds. Both with populations of about two million people. Both gained independence from colonial Britain three days apart in the same year, 1966. Both, culturally and linguistically, belong to the Sotho-Tswana subsect of the Southern Bantu.

The fact that one has abundant water reservoirs and the other is largely desert, and that at least 19 Lesothos could fit into Botswana in terms of land area, is among the major differences between the two countries.