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914: 688: 919: 574: 453: 422: 391: 325: 294: 89: 544: 514: 484: 150:. The party was renamed the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP) in 1957 and retained this name after independence in 1966, stating that Lesotho was not truly independent. Leballo left the party in 1959 to form the 207: 995: 673: 199: 211: 651: 203: 1015: 985: 980: 956: 600: 975: 666: 180: 17: 1000: 1010: 891: 682: 104: 745: 990: 659: 170: 822: 151: 681: 949: 274: 252: 194:, and its leader Ntsu Mokhehle became prime minister. Mokhehle left the party in 1997 with his faction to form the 158: 727: 868: 739: 195: 166: 1005: 554: 524: 494: 464: 433: 402: 371: 346: 336: 305: 218: 191: 162: 847: 827: 787: 733: 50: 942: 863: 757: 873: 781: 837: 775: 769: 703: 179:
In 1974, following an unsuccessful rising, the BCP sent 178 men for military training by the PAC in
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The Basutoland African Congress (BAC) was founded in 1952 by
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This article about a political party of Lesotho is a
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Index

Basotho Congress Party
Ideology
Pan-Africanism
African nationalism
African socialism
Political position
Left-wing

Politics of Lesotho
Political parties
Elections
pan-Africanist
left-wing
political party
Lesotho
Ntsu Mokhehle
Potlako Leballo
Pan Africanist Congress of South Africa
1965 election
1970
coup d'état
prime minister
Leabua Jonathan
Gaddafi's Libya
Lesotho Liberation Army
1993 general election
Lesotho Congress for Democracy
Tseliso Makhakhe
Qhobela Molapo
Ntsukunyane Mphanya

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