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Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane. (Stefan Heunis, AFP).

Maseru - Feuding parties in Lesotho's ruling coalition will face off on Saturday in early national elections staged in a bid to restore stability six months after an attempted coup.

The vote is being held around two years ahead of schedule under a political deal brokered by South Africa, which surrounds the mountainous kingdom.

Lesotho's Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, briefly fled to South Africa in August after soldiers occupied police headquarters and encircled his palace.

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