Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)Mar 29, 2023

#Lesotho legislature discussing whether to claim large parts of #SouthAfrica, which would more than quadruple the country's claimed size. https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/world/2023-03-29-lesotho-mps-to-discuss-reclaiming-parts-of-south-africa/

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Lesotho MPs to discuss reclaiming parts of South Africa

But they were forced to move to present-day Lesotho because of forced migration during wars.

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Proposal for #Lesotho to initiate territorial dispute over large parts of #SouthAfrica says it relies on a 1962 UN resolution. That resolution advocates Lesotho's independence, but doesn't seem to imply it should have any more territory than it does today. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/204509?ln=en

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Question of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland.

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Show threadEvan Centanni (PolGeoNow)Mar 31, 2023

Besides being almost certain not to result in any actual transfer of land, #Lesotho politician's proposal to claim large parts of #SouthAfrica is also not expected to pass in legislature, and is reportedly "not especially popular" among the country's people. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/why-lesotho-parliament-is-debating-reclaiming-land-south-africa-2023-03-30/

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Explainer: Why Lesotho parliament is debating reclaiming land from South Africa

Lesotho legislators are debating a motion that proposes reclaiming large parts of South African land that Dutch settlers seized from the small mountain kingdom in a series of territorial wars in the 19th century.

Reuters