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  • Affairs
  • 16 Jul 2025
  • 8 min

Explainer 476: Lesotho’s one-man fight for South African land

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  • The Foreign Desk
  • Affairs
  • 8 min

A Lesotho MP is facing charges after accusing the country’s monarch of signing over land to its neighbour, South Africa. Andrew Mueller explains the history and prospects of this decidedly niche territorial dispute. 

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