Lesotho: RFP Takes Commanding Lead

Business mogul, Sam Matekane’s Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party has taken a commanding lead in Lesotho’s general elections.

The seven-month-old party had won 47 out of the 64 constituencies announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Saturday evening. It now needs 14 more seats from the remaining 15 constituencies and the yet-to-be announced proportional representation (PR) seats to secure an outright win to enable it to govern alone.

Its nearest challenger, the Mathibeli…