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Lesotho PM to return home after 'coup'

Lesotho PM to return home after 'coup'

September 01, 2014 | 07:08 PM

Lesotho's army Major General Lineo Poopa addresses the media at the Makoanyane Barracks in Maseru, as weapons (unseen) confiscated from the police after the military raided police installations are put on displayLesotho's exiled Prime Minister is on his way home after claiming the military had tried to oust him, his aide said Monday, following regional mediation talks in neighbouring South Africa. "We are going home now, most probably we will be in Lesotho tomorrow," Samonyane Ntsekele, the premier's advisor told AFP in Pretoria, where security organ of the 15-member SADC held marathon emergency talks on the crisis.

September 01, 2014 | 07:08 PM