Lesotho's opposition forms coalition after tight election


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  • Thursday, 05 Mar 2015

A woman with a child on her back is helped by officials as she arrives to cast her vote during Lesotho's national election in Qoaling village, outside the capital Maseru, February 28, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

MASERU (Reuters) - Lesotho's main opposition party has formed a coalition government with other opposing parties after an election failed to provide an outright winner, it said on Wednesday.

The poll was brought forward by nearly two years in a bid to restore stability after an attempted coup by the army last Augus. The tight contest saw the opposition Democratic Congress (DC) party narrowly beat the ruling All Basotho Congress (ABC) party, led by incumbent prime minister Thomas Thabane.

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