Coup attempt in Maseru?
Aug. 30th, 2014 02:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nairiporterLesotho Army Occupy Police Posts as Government Says No Coup
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-30/lesotho-army-occupy-police-stations-as-government-says-no-coup.html
The Lesotho military surrounded the police headquarters in the capital, Maseru, and television and radio stations halted broadcasts as the prime minister’s office said the government hadn’t been toppled.
Prime Minister Tom Thabane’s administration is in control, his spokesman Thabo Thakalekoala said by phone. Army vehicles occupied police stations, according to a Bloomberg reporter on the scene. The events taking place in the kingdom aren’t an attempted coup, Sports Minister Thesele Maseribane said by phone. The prime minister is safe, he said.
Lesotho has been run by a three-party coalition government since elections two years ago. In June, Thabane suspended parliament through February, with approval from King Letsie III. The other coalition partners say they didn’t sanction such a move. South African President Jacob Zuma traveled to Lesotho last month to ease the friction, after his government reported “unusual” troop movements there.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-30/lesotho-army-occupy-police-stations-as-government-says-no-coup.html
The Lesotho military surrounded the police headquarters in the capital, Maseru, and television and radio stations halted broadcasts as the prime minister’s office said the government hadn’t been toppled.
Prime Minister Tom Thabane’s administration is in control, his spokesman Thabo Thakalekoala said by phone. Army vehicles occupied police stations, according to a Bloomberg reporter on the scene. The events taking place in the kingdom aren’t an attempted coup, Sports Minister Thesele Maseribane said by phone. The prime minister is safe, he said.
Lesotho has been run by a three-party coalition government since elections two years ago. In June, Thabane suspended parliament through February, with approval from King Letsie III. The other coalition partners say they didn’t sanction such a move. South African President Jacob Zuma traveled to Lesotho last month to ease the friction, after his government reported “unusual” troop movements there.
