Lesotho election: Opposition takes early lead

Pakalitha Mosisili, the prime minister since 1998, is asking voters to give him another term in office at the helm of his new Democratic Congress.

His main rival is Mothejoa Metsing, the new leader of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy, the party that Mosisili abandoned in February.

Both parties have most of their support in rural Lesotho, where three-quarters of Lesotho citizens live.

Thabane is hoping to benefit from the split in the ruling party and could emerge as a kingmaker if no party takes a majority.

Copyright 2012 AFP

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