Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane said he had fled for his life across the border to South Africa, accusing the military of seizing power in a coup and leaving the country in flux. In a pre-dawn move ...

When rival officers gunned down Lesotho's army chief and were then killed by his bodyguards, hopes that the mountain kingdom had escaped its cycle of violence also perished. The shoot-out this week at ...

Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane fled the southern African country Saturday, accusing the army of attempting a military coup against him and his ministers, something the military denies. "It is ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Lesotho’s military seized two police stations Saturday as gunfire rang out in the capital of the mountainous kingdom. The country’s prime minister said the actions amounted to a ...

Tšepo Lipholo is accused of links to alleged military training camps on farms in South Africa Tšepo Lipholo, leader of the Basotho Covenant Movement, is facing a charge of treason linking him to the ...

MASERU, Lesotho, Aug. 31 (UPI) --Lesotho military officials denied staging a coup to overthrow the government, saying they were acting against police suspected of trying to arm political fanatics.

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