Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane casts his ballot at a polling station on the outskirts of Maseru to vote in a snap election, six months after an attempted coup plunged the small southern African nation into a political crisis. (Hlompho Letsielo, A
Cape Town – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has declared Lesotho's parliamentary elections held over the weekend as free, fair and credible.
Saturday's polls, which were called two years ahead of schedule, passed without incident, according to observers.
SABC reported on Monday that the head of mission and South Africa's international relations minister, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, urged all stakeholders to accept the outcome of the vote or challenge it within the provisions of the country's laws.
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