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Lesotho: Murder Charges Dropped Against Defence Force's Major Ramoepana
Lesotho Times, 3 December 2019
Lesotho Defence Force's (LDF) Major Pitso Ramoepana has been given temporary relief after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) dropped charges against him in a case in which… Read more »
Murder Charges Dropped Against Lesotho Defence Force's Ramoepana
Major Pitso Ramoepana has been given temporary relief after the Director of Public Prosecutions dropped charges against him in a case in which he is accused of murdering former army commander, Lieutenant General Khoantle Motsomotso. The reason for dropping the charges was the absence of compelling evidence to link Ramoepana to Motsomotso's murder although the charges may be reinstated after the inquest, depending on its outcome.
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Lesotho: Kamoli, Accomplices Accused of Sabotaging Mahao Trial
Lesotho Times, 2 July 2019
FORMER army commander Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli and his fellow accused soldiers appear to have adopted a scorched earth policy to try and permanently sabotage their trial on… Read more »
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Southern Africa: SADC Mission Makes Shock Findings
Lesotho Times, 22 September 2017
THE government suspects that the alleged assassins of Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) commander, Lieutenant-General Khoantle Motšomotšo, met two days before his fatal… Read more »
InFocus
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Lieutenant General Maaparankoe Mahao was ambushed and shot by his peers from the Lesotho Defence Force near his farm in Mokema in June 2015. His widely condemned killing ... Read more »
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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has deployed a standby force from South Africa, Angola and Mozambique, into Lesotho, as the regional bloc moves to avert another ... Read more »
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Retired Lesotho army commander Tlali Kamoli has been arrested over several charges including that of murder committed during his fours years in the job. Kamoli is expected to ... Read more »
