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	Lesotho. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		All land in Lesotho is held by the king in trust for the Sotho nation and is apportioned on his behalf by local chiefs; non-Sotho may not hold land.
		Lesotho is a water-rich nation in a water-starved region.
		Elections were held in May, 2002, under a revamped electoral system designed to increase opposition representation in the parliament.
	www.bartleby.com /65/le/Lesotho.html (1047 words)

	Politics of Lesotho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) won the majority in parliament in the 23 May 1998 general elections, leaving the once-dominant Basotho National Party (BNP) and Basotholand Congress Party (BCP) far behind in total votes.
		In the 25 May 2002 general elections, the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy was re-elected by majority, winning all but one of the 80 constituency-based seats.
		For administrative purposes, Lesotho is divided into 10 districts, each headed by a district secretary and a district military officer appointed by the central government and the RLDF, respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Lesotho (740 words)

	Lesotho: Church Statements
		Lesotho government and opposition representatives are reported to be meeting on October 2, along with mediators from South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, to discuss conditions for recovery and for withdrawal of the South African and Botswanan troops.
		The 1993 elections were declared free and fair by domestic and international observers although some political parties alleged cases of bogus voting and inaccurate registers.
		By 10:00 am, the National Radio of Lesotho had announced that some of the polling stations in the northern surbubs were through with the voting process but in some areas, especially in the mountains (rural areas), very few people had come for voting.
	www.africaaction.org /docs98/les9809.htm (2450 words)

	Freedom in the World 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lesotho’s political rights rating improved from 4 to 2, its civil liberties rating improved from 4 to 3, and its status changed from Partly Free to Free, following the holding of free and fair parliamentary elections which were not marred by violence, and a general improvement in the country’s civil liberties.
		Lesotho held long-awaited parliamentary elections in May. International observers declared the vote to be free and fair, but Lesotho's main opposition parties objected to the results, which gave the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) 77 of 78 constituency seats.
		The 2002 legislative election was marked by a turnout of 68 percent.
	freedomhouse.org /research/freeworld/2003/countryratings/lesotho.htm (894 words)

	Lesotho General Elections 2002
		The elections that were eventually held on 27 March 1993 were won by the BCP, which took 54% of the seats in parliament under the first-past-the-post system, and Ntsu Mokhehle was sworn in as prime minister after the elections were declared largely free and fair.
		This ‘honeymoon’ period in Lesotho politics was short lived, and as early as 1994 the government began to experience problems in its relations with the army and police, whose discontent was stoked by opposition elements.
		Even though these elections were received a qualified free and fair assessment from independent observers this victory provoked a legal challenge from the main opposition parties in around 20 constituencies.
	www.iss.co.za /AF/current/lesothomay02.htm (2400 words)

	Articles - Lesotho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Elections were held under this new system in May 2002, and the LCD won again.
		Lesotho's economy is based on exports of water and electricity sold to South Africa, manufacturing, agriculture, livestock, and to some extent the earnings of laborers employed in South Africa.
		Lesotho is a member of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), in which tariffs have been eliminated on the trade of goods between other member countries Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland.
	www.free-biz.org /articles/Lesotho (1790 words)

	Elections in Lesotho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lesotho ( SeSotho : Lesotho) is a country in South Africa.
		Lesotho has a population of around 1,9 million on 30,355 km².
		Freedom House rated the country on political rights with a 2 and on civil rights with a 3, both on a scale of 1 to 7 (in which 1 is the most free).
	www.electionworld.org /lesotho.htm (135 words)

	Lesotho
		Lesotho is a constitutional monarchy with King Letsie III as head of state.
		In the 2002 elections, the LCD won 79 of 80 constituency-based seats, and the opposition Lesotho Peoples Congress (LPC) won the remaining constituency seat; the 40 proportionally elected seats were divided among 9 opposition parties.
		In the 2002 elections, the LCD party won 79 of the 80 constituency-based seats, the opposition LPC party won the remaining constituency seat, and the 40 proportionally elected seats were divided among 9 opposition parties; Prime Minister Mosisili, the leader of the LCD party, was re-elected.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41610.htm (4207 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		Lesotho is a mountainous country with two main mountain ranges: the Drakensberg, which has the highest mountain in southern Africa, and the Maluti.
		Lesotho is situated to the east of the Republic of South Africa, which encircles the mountainous Kingdom.
		Lesotho is also a member of a number of international organisations (see section on membership of international groupings/organisations).
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019744962769 (1994 words)

	[01 Apr 1999] HR/CT/533 : MEASURES TO IMPROVE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN LESOTHO INCLUDE HOLDING NEW GENERAL ELECTIONS ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In that year an election was planned, but because of the Government of the day, which resorted to rampant intimidation and harassment of the opposition, and the manner in which the election was to be held, the elections never materialized.
		Those elections were won by the Congress Party and were observed by the international community to have been free and fair, thereby allowing the people of Lesotho once again to enjoy their right of internal self- determination.
		With regard to Lesotho's compliance with article 12 of the Covenant, which addresses liberty of movement and freedom to choose residence, the report says that the country's Constitution states that every person shall be entitled to freedom of movement and immunity from expulsion from the State.
	www.un.org /news/Press/docs/1999/19990401.hrct533.html (6270 words)

	MS-Lesotho Annual Report 2000
		The political and economic development in the countries in the Southern Africa, Subregion (Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland) is weakened by wars and civil unrest in some of these states and in neighboring countries, weak economies, unemployment and social discontent from the population in the region.
		Lesotho is still struggling with the aftermath from the unfortunate "fl September in 1998" which was a political and economic setback for the country.
		In Lesotho, democracy is faced with complex problems including: legitimacy crisis of rulers, a culture of intolerance, weak institutions, rife and increasing corruption as well as protracted conflicts among key organs of the state.
	saregion.ms.dk /mainpapers/Annualreport2000.htm (9737 words)

	Lesotho
		Lesotho (formerly Basutoland) was constituted a native state under British protection by a treaty signed with the native chief Moshoeshoe in 1843.
		Lesotho faces one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world, leading some demographers to predict that the country's population could begin declining in several years if current trends continue.
		Lesotho: Economy - Economy All land in Lesotho is held by the king in trust for the Sotho nation and is apportioned on...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107714.html (675 words)

	Elections in Lesotho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elections in Lesotho gives information on election and election results in Lesotho.
		The National Assembly has 120 members, elected for a five year term, 80 in single-seat constituencies and 40 by proportional representation.
		Lesotho is a one party dominant state with the Lesotho Congress for Democracy in power.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_Lesotho (98 words)

	MS-LESOTHO, ANNUAL REPORT 1997.
		Lesotho is likely to face declining food security and rely heavily on food imports and drought aid to meet the needs of the population.
		The election was declared largely free and fair by international observers, and the veteran BCP leader, Ntsu Mokhehle, was sworn in as Prime Minister on April 3, 1993.
		Lesotho Society of Mentally Handicapped Persons (LSMHP) works for the rights of mentally retarded and is mobilizing parents and families of handicapped children to activities aiming at developing the children’s daily life skills as well as their academic capacity to, if possible, inclusion in the established school system.
	saregion.ms.dk /mainpapers/Olddoc/annual97.htm (9372 words)

	Lesotho
		New general elections will be held in 2007, and local government elections are scheduled for late April 2005.
		Lesotho has a high level of crime and foreigners have been targeted, robbed and killed.
		Lesotho’s high unemployment rate, aggravated by the return of large numbers of unemployed miners from South Africa, and the ongoing effects of social upheaval due to high HIV/AIDS rates of infection, have contributed to an increasing number of armed robberies, break-ins, and incidents of carjacking.
	travel.state.gov /travel/lesotho.html (1716 words)

	Lesotho holds first ever local elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Grassroots elections were first mooted in 1993 when the Basutoland Congress Party came to power after a series of military dictatorships during which local affairs were managed by Village Development Councils, comprising local chiefs and officials nominated by the government.
		The idea of local elections was revived last year in a constitutional amendment, which also stipulated the share of seats for women to fall in line with southern African regional standards.
		This has fuelled charges that the elections are merely a ploy by the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy to buttress its support base in remote rural areas.
	www.sundaytimes.co.za /zones/sundaytimesNEW/topstories/topstories1114858870.aspx (330 words)

	Freedom in the World 2001 - 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lesotho received an upward trend arrow for making progress in creating conditions for holding national assembly elections.
		After many delays, Lesotho made progress in 2001 on holding general elections to extract the country from a political crisis that had erupted after voting in 1998.
		The violence was touched off by the results of national assembly elections the previous May. Although international observers described the voting as free and fair, demonstrators rejected the results that gave the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) 79 of 80 national assembly seats.
	freedomhouse.org /research/freeworld/2002/countryratings/lesotho.htm (587 words)

	afrol News - Men annoyed by Lesotho's "women elections" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		While many analysts may be of the opinion that any other election less than the national poll is less attractive to the Basotho people at large, what one may also want to argue is that, there was not enough done in the preparations to attract the nation into the local government polls.
		Lesotho's local government elections will be held in 1,290 electoral divisions throughout the country where over 12,000 candidates will contest the elections.
		However, the future of the elections is bleak since seven intra-parliamentary opposition political parties have threatened to boycott them citing some discrepancies in the preparations for the elections.
	www.afrol.com /articles/16232 (741 words)

	IOL: LCD wins local elections in Lesotho
		The results of the elections were announced on Monday by the chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, Leshele Thoahlane.
		He said the campaign by seven opposition parties to have the elections postponed on grounds that there were some irregularities and discrepancies in the preparations for the elections may have had some influence on the low voter turnout.
		Prior to the elections, opposition parties in and outside Parliament expressed concern about the lack of civic and voter education and absence of detailed electoral regulations.
	www.iol.co.za /index.php?click_id=68&art_id=qw1115641621224B242&set_id= (440 words)

	Lesotho - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The first general election under this constitution was held in 1965 and Moshoeshoe II became King in 1966.
		On April 30, 1991 the chairman of the Military Council was forced to resign and on May 2, 1991 Col. Elias Tutsoane Ramaema was sworn in as the new chairman.
		The elections resulted in a landslide victory for the Basotho Congress Party (BCP) which won all 65 of the National Assembly seats.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/lesotho.htm (916 words)

	Lesotho to hold first local elections : Mail & Guardian Online
		The southern African kingdom of Lesotho is set to hold its first-ever local elections on Saturday but uncertainty over the role and powers of the new office bearers has taken the sheen off the polls.
		This has fuelled charges that the elections are a ploy by the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy to buttress its support base in remote rural areas.
		Women activists in Lesotho have staged marches in support of the quotas but an unsuccessful bid by the opposition to have the polls deferred has led to some confusion about whether the elections will actually take place.
	www.mg.co.za /articlePage.aspx?articleid=236579&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa (579 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Country profiles \| Country profile: Lesotho
		The Kingdom of Lesotho is made up mostly of highlands where many of the villages can be reached only on horseback, by foot or light plane.
		Lesotho has one of the world's highest rates of HIV-Aids infection.
		His Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) won a majority in the 120-seat parliament.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1063291.stm (549 words)

	Lesotho
		In the May 2002 elections, the LCD party won 79 of the 80 constituency-based seats, the opposition LPC party won the remaining constituency seat, and the 40 proportionally elected seats were divided among 9 opposition parties; Prime Minister Mosisili, the leader of the LCD party, was re-elected.
		The opposition accepted the election results peacefully, and the BNP instituted several legal challenges to the elections, all of which were dismissed by year's end.
		Three of the four registered federations were functioning: The Lesotho Trade Union Congress, the Lesotho Federation of Democratic Unions, and the Lesotho Trade Union Congress.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27734.htm (4228 words)

	Lesotho -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Many feared a repetition of problems that had plagued the 1998 elections, which were marred by claims of voting fraud,...
		More than two years of wrangling over the way an election should be held was ended in February 2001 when the country's political parties endorsed a plan drawn up by the Independent Electoral...
		The small southern African kingdom of Lesotho is completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa, though separated from it by formidable mountains.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9389743 (539 words)

	Sotho » Lesotho’s Sexual Apartheid
		Lesotho’s Local Government Act reserves 390 out of 1 272 electoral divisions - to be contested on April 30 - exclusively for women.
		Reserving wards for women, or for anybody, is irregular by all standards, and defeats the very purpose of what a free and fair election is all about.
		One of them states that member-countries must ensure “the equal representation of women and men in the decision-making of Member States and SADC structures at all levels, and the achievement of at least a thirty percent target of women in political and decision making structures by the year 2005.” We are in the year 2005.
	www.premiumwanadoo.com /sotho/index.php?p=93 (773 words)

	News Archives
		A foreword by Lesotho Minister of Natural Resources, M. Moleleki, at the Inauguration of the Nature Reserve of the LHWP, 16 May 2002, at Bokong, Liphofung and Ts'ehlanyane...
		Address by His Majesty King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho at the Special Session of the General Assembly on Children...
		Lesotho Council of Non-Governmental Associations and Transformation Resources Center prepares for observance of Elections...
	www.lesotho.gov.ls /articles/2002/2002May.htm (499 words)

	afrol News - Lesotho
		afrol News - Lesotho, which has one of the world's highest HIV prevalence rates, is targeting its large group of migrant workers in a new effort to stop the spread of the pandemic.
		Lesotho: Water of the future, waters of the past
		There is one slight difference in Lesotho however, the shockingly large number of Basotho political parties contesting for these paramount elections, 19 in total, far exceeding the regional benchmark.
	www.afrol.com /countries/lesotho (479 words)

	Commonwealth - Expert Team Report on Lesotho’s Local Government Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Lesotho is a landlocked country entirely surrounded by South Africa.
		I wish Lesotho's new local democracy structures well and congratulate the people of Lesotho on their first local government elections since independence.
		The Team was asked by the Commonwealth Secretary-General to observe preparations for the elections, the polling, counting and results process and the overall electoral environment.
	www.thecommonwealth.org /Templates/System/LatestNews.asp?NodeID=144053 (406 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| Lesotho parliament dissolved for elections
		The King of Lesotho, Letsie the Third, has dissolved parliament ahead of general elections due in late May.
		Six political parties are reported to be contesting the elections, which will be run for the first time by an independent electoral commission.
		Correspondents say the elections are likely to be closely fought, after the ruling Lesotho Congress of Democracy broke away last year from the Basotho Congress Party, which won a landslide victory in the 1993 elections.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/africa/60531.stm (84 words)

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