A diamond millionaire who scored a stunning breakthrough in nationwide elections in Lesotho last week announced Tuesday that he would head a three-party coalition government.
Tycoon Sam Matekane confounded expectations that the southern African mountain kingdom would remain politically gridlocked after last Friday's ballot.
At a press conference, Matekane said the RFP had formed a coalition government with the Alliance of Democrats and Movement for Economic Change . Matekane was flanked by AD deputy leader Ntoi Rapapa and MEC leader Selibe Mochoboroane as he made the announcement at a hotel in the capital Maseru.Outside, supporters of the parties dressed in their party colours sang and chanted slogans, as car drivers hooted their backing.
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