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Article: It all went wrong: Lesotho.(South Africa invades Lesotho to allegedly restore peace)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- September 26, 1998
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OUTSIDE the Metro Cash & Carry in Maseru, a chorus of car horns almost drowned the din of gunfire, as looters in pick-up trucks tried to weave their way past pedestrian thieves. Next door, the Ministry of Local Government bellowed out black smoke. A day earlier, on September 22nd, South Africa had invaded Lesotho ''to restore order''. Now dozens were dead, the capital, Maseru, was in flames, and the chances of a swift return to peaceful civilian rule looked dismal. The first foreign adventure by South Africa's army since the end of apartheid has been a disaster.
Lesotho's prime minister, Pakalitha Mosisili, invited the invasion force in to save his government from an ...
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