Southern Africa's regional body (Sadc) has condemned Tuesday's killing of the head of Lesotho's army, calling it an "inexcusable barbaric and heinous act". Lt Gen Khoantle Motsomotso, and two ...

The head of Lesotho's army, Lt Gen Khoantle Motsomotso, and two other senior officers have been killed in a shootout at a barracks in the capital, Maseru. Eyewitnesses said the officers burst into ...

Analysis - Topping out over 3,000 metres above sea level, the Drakensberg and Maluti mountains bordering South Africa and Lesotho are frequently covered in snow in winter. Back in 1975, German and ...

LESOTHO Prime Minister Thomas Thabane accused the military on Saturday of staging a coup and fled to South Africa. Mr Thabane fled after the army surrounded his official residence and police stations ...

After then prime minister Mr Thabane sacked army commander General Tlali Kamoli and and replaced ... which had been divided into factions for decades. Pakalitha Mosisili’s Lesotho Congress for ...