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The Mountain Kingdom Goes to the Polls

The Mountain Kingdom Goes to the Polls

Source: Wikipedia

While much of the world’s attentions are rightfully focused on the election in Egypt, which appear set to go to a runoff between two starkly different candidates, little Lesotho is prepared to go to the polls as well in what is proving to be a tense election campaign. South Africa’s presence surrounding Lesotho means that there may not be too much enduring unrest (South African troops infamously poured into Lesotho after post-election instability in 1998), but that does not mean that the internal political situation will not be wobbly for some time.

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