Maseru Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/maseru/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 02 Sep 2014 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Maseru Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/maseru/ 32 32 Lesotho’s prime minister ends his brief exile https://jjcornish.com/2014/09/lesothos-prime-minister-ends-brief-exile/ Tue, 02 Sep 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2014/09/lesothos-prime-minister-ends-brief-exile/ Lesotho’s prime minister Thomas Thabane’s ended a brief exile in South Africa. He returned to Maseru today after fleeing last Saturday when soldiers came looking for him. The army in the mountain kingdom deny his claim that there was a coup. Thomas Thabane is a day late getting home. The Lesotho prime minister was due […]

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]]> Lesotho’s prime minister Thomas Thabane’s ended a brief exile in South Africa.
He returned to Maseru today after fleeing last Saturday when soldiers came looking for him.
The army in the mountain kingdom deny his claim that there was a coup.

Thomas Thabane is a day late getting home.
The Lesotho prime minister was due to return from South Africa yesterday, having structured a roadmap to restoring stability.
In terms of the agreement thrashed out with President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria on Monday, he’s obliged to recall parliament that been suspended since June.
He’s likely to face to vote of no confidence with members of his coalition government waiting to jump ship.
Thabane delayed his return when gunfire continued to ring through Maseru yesterday and police advised they would not be able,to protect him

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