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Lesotho readies for elections

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The Lesotho capital Maseru is quiet on the public holiday preceding polling day on Saturday.

More than 1.2 million Basotho are expected to cast their ballots in nearly 3 000 voting stations around the land locked mountain kingdom.

The country is going to elections barely after two years following a motion of no confidence passed by the national assembly against Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili.

This will be the third elections in five years.

On the streets, voters are concerned but the electoral commission says it’s all systems go and it’s hoping for a better turn-out.

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– By Sophie Mokoena

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