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Intelligence Briefing on Situation in Lesotho and South Africa

Claiming a military coup, Lesotho's prime minister, Tom Thabane fled across the border to South Africa. as troops attacked key police installations and surrounded his official residence. The military together with a rival political party - the Lesotho Congress for Democracy - have been accused of trying to oust the 75-year-old. Political tensions have been running high in the landlocked country since June when Thabane suspended the country's parliament to avoid a no-confidence vote amid feuding in the two-year-old coalition government. Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing from the Lesotho Congress for Democracy  had vowed to form a new coalition that would oust Thabane. South African President Jacob Zuma and representatives of the regional bloc Southern African Development Community (SADC) brought together leaders from Lesotho's three ruling coalition parties to resolve their differences.

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