MASERU (AFP) - Lesotho counted ballots after a tight general election, dominated by personal clashes rather than concerns over poverty, that could produce the southern African nation's first coalition government.

MASERU (AFP) - Lesotho's one million voters went to the polls Saturday in a tight general election where bitter personal rivalries among the three main party leaders have overshadowed worries about jobs and poverty.

AFP/Maseru, Lesotho Lesotho counted ballots yesterday after a tight general election – dominated by personal clashes rather than concerns over poverty – that could produce the southern African nation’s first coalition government.

[allAfrica.com] Cape Town - Polling stations in Lesotho's hotly-contested election have closed, with experts suggesting it will lead to a hung Parliament in which no party enjoys a majority. In that event, Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili could cling to power if a coalition government cannot be formed, says one analyst.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Voters in the highland African kingdom of Lesotho go to the polls on Saturday in a wide-open election that analysts say could end up without a clear result, as happened in 1998 when South Africa had to send in troops to quell major civil unrest.

Voters in the highland African kingdom of Lesotho go to the polls on Saturday in a wide-open election that analysts say could end up without a clear result, as happened in 1998 when South Africa had to send in troops to quell major civil unrest.

Polls have opened in tiny Lesotho, where a series of party splits have resulted in a close general election.

Polling stations closed in Lesotho Saturday, in a tight election that pitted three erstwhile allies against each other.

[OSISA] Maseru - The Lesotho Congress for Democracy wants the government to have majority shareholding in all mining companies operating in Lesotho.

[SADC] Gaborone - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Electoral Observer Mission (SEOM) to the General Elections to be held in the Kingdom of Lesotho on May 26, 2012 was launched on May 12, 2012 at the Lesotho Sun Hotel in Maseru.