Lesotho accepts SADC�s roadmap
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Political unrest and violence have dogged the mountain kingdom, culminating in the self-imposed exile of then leader, Tom Thabane after an attempted coup by army commander, Lt. General Tlali Kamoli.
While SADC ushered the country to early elections in February, which Mosisili won, tensions resurfaced recently when former army commander and Thabane appointee, Maaparankoe Mahao was shot dead in June by members of the army. The Lesotho Defence Force says Mahao resisted arrest during an operation to clamp down on mutiny. SADC has since sent a commission of enquiry into the matter and the regional body is expected to produce a roadmap towards peace in the kingdom.
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