Pakalitha Mosisilis announcement late last year of his retirement was surprising. Lesotho’s political leaders have rarely, if ever, voluntarily retired from office.
John Aerni-Flessner 22 Feb 2019 00:00 Comments NEWS ANALYSIS Late January and early February in Lesotho promise the peak of summer heat, thunderstorms in the late afternoon and the partisan in-fighting of annual political party conferences. Although the rains have come late this year, the party conferences have delivered more than their share of fireworks right on time, with the possibility of seismic change at the helms of Lesotho’s two largest and most venerable parties.
Charles Fogelman is a lecturer in the global studies programme at the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignBOILER-PIPE: John Aerni-Flessner 22 Feb 2019 00:00 Comments NEWS ANALYSIS Late January and early February in Lesotho promise the peak of summer heat, thunderstorms in the late afternoon and the partisan in-fighting of annual political party conferences.
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