Soldiers deployed inon Tuesday after an inconclusive weekend election that has left many in the African highland kingdom fearing a repeat of the violence that followed a disputed poll in 1998, Reuters reported. Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili, in charge of the landlocked nation of 2 million for the past 14 years, emerged from Saturday's election as the most powerful player in parliament but has fallen short of an outright majority. Three opposition parties unveiled an anti-Mosisili coalition, setting the stage for a rerun of 1998, when post-poll wrangling led to weeks of unrest that ultimately triggered military intervention by neighbouring South Africa and Botswana to restore order. At least 58 locals and eight South African soldiers died in that fighting and large parts of Maseru were damaged. -- SPA
