A BASOTHO WOMAN CASTS HER BALLOT AS VOTING GETS UNDERWAY IN THE LESOTHO
GENERAL ELECTION.
An elderly Basotho woman casts her ballot as voting gets off to a slow
start in Lesotho's general election May 25, 2002. The tiny southern
African mountain kingdom is holding it's first election under a new
electoral system with 19 political parties competing for 80
constituency and 40 proportional representation seats. REUTERS/Mike
Hutchings
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