A walk in downtown Maseru, where newspaper posters lay bare a never-ending power struggle, reveals Lesotho’s troubled state of affairs even as the kingdom nears its golden jubilee celebrations.The mood is anything but celebratory. Locals still talk about the August 2014 putsch and 2015’s abductions and murders. Others cite the recent killing of four Qeme villagers, as they returned from an opposition party rally, to argue that the storm is not over.Opposition party leader MP Lehlohonolo Moramotse recently told the Lesotho Times that he suspected he was the target of an attack on his vehicle that claimed the life of his daughter.The recent assassination attempt on the editor of the newspaper at his home, days after its publisher was charged with crimen injuria (for publishing a satirical article), is the latest incident of violence.The newspaper had been critical of Lt-Gen Tlali Kamoli, a powerful figure and commander of the Lesotho Defence Force.Lesotho and its 2m inhabitants are he...
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