Lesotho’s Election Brought Change. Six Things Needed to Promote Peace and Democracy

Lesotho’s 2022 general election, its tenth since its independence from Britain in 1966, was unique in more ways than one.

It was the first election since the political transition of 1993 to be about key issues facing the nation, rather than personalities. This is largely due to the exit from active politics of Motsoahae Thomas Thabane of the All Basotho Convention and Pakalitha Mosisili of the Democratic Congress. They had dominated Lesotho’s politics for over two decades.

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