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The southern African mountain kingdom of Lesotho holds parliamentary elections on Friday, which analysts expect to deliver another coalition government, unlikely to tackle poverty and instability.

People in Lesotho are heading to the polls after 10 years of upheaval

Lesotho pre-election day developments

Voters across the picturesque mountain kingdom of Lesotho are heading to the polls Friday to elect a leader to find solutions to high unemployment and crime

Like many countries around the world Lesotho has been negatively affected by the war in Ukraine. The situation has been worsened by hindered food imports due to the pandemic as well as weak agricultural production due to floods. Qenehelo Moshoeshoe, the owner of a small fast-food establishment in Ha Tsolo, Maseru, is 29 years of age and a mother of a 4-year-old daughter. She is among the many Basotho business owners affected by continuously rising food prices. Despite the challenges she faces, Q...

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IEC, parties and observers prepared as voters head for the polls

MASERU (Reuters) - Lesotho citizens were due to vote in an election on Friday, after years of political instability that the southern African mountain kingdom's lawmakers have yet to resolve.

Lesotho goes to the polls on Friday to elect a new government, with another messy and unstable coalition likely to be the outcome, once again.

The people injecting the most cash into the Lesotho general election campaign, local gangs, get much of their money from raiding disused gold mines in South Africa. These Basotho gangs are now