The Baltimore Sun

Lesotho military operation criticized in South Africa Newspapers, opposition say peacekeeping mission is botched and misguided

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — With the death toll mounting in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho, South Africa’s first post-apartheid military operation on foreign soil ran into wide criticism yesterday ...
The Baltimore Sun

South Africa bungles its raid on Lesotho Adventurism: Clumsy military incursion was overreaction prompted by bad judgment.

UNDER WHITE supremacy, South Africa was a military bully. It conducted overt and covert operations throughout the region, from A(ngola) to Z(ambia), raiding strongholds of Nelson Mandela’s outlawed ...
The Economist

Sad aftermath

HUNTING for groceries in Lesotho is not easy since all the shops were burned down. In the two days of anarchy that followed South Africa's invasion last month, locals first looted, then burned the ...
Los Angeles Times

Fear, Optimism Compete as Lesotho Returns to the Polls

MASERU, Lesotho — No public holiday has been declared for today’s general election in this southern African kingdom. But Tsepo Ntabe, owner of a well-stocked pharmacy here in the capital, plans to ...