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Lesotho's Thabane warns MPs against 'unconstitutional change of govt'
MPs of Thabane’s All Basotho Convention party said they had partnered with the main opposition Democratic Congress to form a new coalition.
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Lesotho teachers call for suspension of feeding scheme amid school closures
The Lesotho Association of Teachers said the education ministry’s decision to continue the feeding scheme programme contradicts government efforts to battle the spread of the coronavirus.
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Lesotho opposition MPs baffled by no travel ban on high-risk COVID-19 countries
Tom Thabane declared a state of emergency on Wednesday but unlike his neighbours in the region, he was mum on countries like China, Italy, the UK and the US.
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Lesotho declares national emergency over COVID-19 outbreak
While the country has no confirmed case, it also doesn’t have testing capability.
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Will Tom Thabane be out of office before July?
Lesotho's national assembly has voted to amend a provision of the constitution that gives the prime minister singular power to call elections if he loses a vote of no confidence.
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Lesotho musician, 2 others implicated in murder of Lipolelo Thabane
Lipholelo was Lesotho Prime Minister’s Tom Thabane’s second wife who was murdered in 2017. The first lady of the mountain kingdom, Maesiah, has also been charged for the murder.
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Lesotho FinMin Majoro finally delivers Budget Speech after being disrupted
Speaker Sephiri Motanyane had to appease the opposition, which was demanding a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Tom Thabane before the budget was tabled.
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Thabane loses cool in Parly: 'I should be commended, not mocked for resigning'
Lesotho Primer Minister Tom Thabane said instead that members of parliament should praise him for leaving office, unlike some African leaders.
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Lesotho’s former deputy PM & others’ treason case postponed to March
This was to give time to the Constitutional Court to decide whether Metsing can be charged despite a SADC agreement for temporary amnesty.
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Lesotho's ruling ABC party wants PM to step down, names successor
ABC spokesman Montoeli Masoetsa said by telephone that the party’s national executive council had agreed on chairman Samuel Rapapa during discussions on Monday and delivered his name to Parliament.
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Decision to charge Tom Thabane now in the hands of the High Court
The prime minister appeared briefly in court on Monday where his lawyer asked the magistrate to refer the matter for constitutional interpretation.
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Lesotho PM Thabane appears in Maseru court after Friday no-show
Thabane's office said he left for South Africa early on Friday morning to seek emergency medical attention.
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Lesotho’s Metsing, Kamoli to appear in court for alleged coup in 2014
Metsing fled to South Africa previously when Prime Minister Tom Thabane's government first made attempts to charge him.
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Tight police presence outside court ahead of Lesotho PM Thabane’s appearance
Tom Thabane is expected in court where he will be charged with murder, attempted murder, and malicious damage to property.
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Supporters to rally around embattled Lesotho PM Tom Thabane at court appearance
Thabane is expected to appear at the Maseru magistrates court on Friday morning where he will appear and be charged with murder.
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Lesotho's Tom Thabane: I'll resign by the end of July
On Wednesday, the national executive committee of Tom Thabane’s party, the ABC, gave him an ultimatum to resign by Thursday while the opposition threatened to block the budget if he did not.
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Lesotho’s PM Thabane’s ABC party to meet over his removal
The NEC confirmed on Wednesday it had given Prime Minister Tom Thabane until Thursday to step down.
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Resign or we will block the budget – Lesotho opposition tells Thabane
ABC leader and Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane has announced twice that he will retire with no time specified.
