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Die Basutoland Congress Party (BCP, früher Basutoland African Congress, auf Sesotho Lekhotla la Mahatammoho, deutsch etwa: „Partei der Zusammenarbeit“) ist eine Partei in Lesotho. Sie wurde 1952 gegründet und stellte von 1993 bis 1998 mit einer Unterbrechung die Regierung. (de)
The Basutoland Congress Party is a pan-Africanist and left-wing political party in Lesotho. The Basutoland African Congress (BAC) was founded in 1952 by Ntsu Mokhehle and Potlako Leballo. 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 Pan Africanist Congress of South Africa (PAC). The BCP lost the 1965 election but won in 1970. It was denied power by a coup d'état in support of the defeated prime minister Leabua Jonathan. In 1974, following an unsuccessful rising, the BCP sent 178 men for military training by the PAC in Gaddafi's Libya. In 1979 they began a guerrilla war as the Lesotho Liberation Army (LLA). The party won a landslide victory at the 1993 general election, and its leader Ntsu Mokhehle became prime minister. Mokhehle left the party in 1997 with his faction to form the Lesotho Congress for Democracy. The BCP was led by , , and (currently) . At the 25 May 2002 general election, the party won 2.6% of the vote and 3 out of 120 seats. (en)
De Basotho Congress Party of Basotholand Congress Party (BCP) was de regeringspartij in het koninkrijk Lesotho. In tegenstelling tot de Basotho National Party van Chief Joseph Leabua Jonathan was de BCP in het verleden tegen samenwerking met het apartheidsregime in Zuid-Afrika. Ntsu Mokhehle, de oprichter van de BCP in de jaren 50, was van 1993 tot 1998 minister-president van Lesotho. In 1997 scheidde de vleugel van Mokhehle zich van de BCP af en noemt zich sindsdien de . Pakalitha Mosisili die hem in 1998 als premier opvolgde, is ook lid van de LCD. De BCP is traditioneel gezien linkser dan de BNP, ofschoon er programmatisch amper verschillen zijn. (nl)
Партия Конгресса Басутоленда (ПКБ) (англ. Basutoland Congress Party) — панафриканистская и левая политическая партия в Лесото. (ru)

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Die Basutoland Congress Party (BCP, früher Basutoland African Congress, auf Sesotho Lekhotla la Mahatammoho, deutsch etwa: „Partei der Zusammenarbeit“) ist eine Partei in Lesotho. Sie wurde 1952 gegründet und stellte von 1993 bis 1998 mit einer Unterbrechung die Regierung. (de)
Партия Конгресса Басутоленда (ПКБ) (англ. Basutoland Congress Party) — панафриканистская и левая политическая партия в Лесото. (ru)
The Basutoland Congress Party is a pan-Africanist and left-wing political party in Lesotho. The Basutoland African Congress (BAC) was founded in 1952 by Ntsu Mokhehle and Potlako Leballo. 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 Pan Africanist Congress of South Africa (PAC). The BCP lost the 1965 election but won in 1970. It was denied power by a coup d'état in support of the defeated prime minister Leabua Jonathan. (en)
De Basotho Congress Party of Basotholand Congress Party (BCP) was de regeringspartij in het koninkrijk Lesotho. In tegenstelling tot de Basotho National Party van Chief Joseph Leabua Jonathan was de BCP in het verleden tegen samenwerking met het apartheidsregime in Zuid-Afrika. Ntsu Mokhehle, de oprichter van de BCP in de jaren 50, was van 1993 tot 1998 minister-president van Lesotho. In 1997 scheidde de vleugel van Mokhehle zich van de BCP af en noemt zich sindsdien de . Pakalitha Mosisili die hem in 1998 als premier opvolgde, is ook lid van de LCD. (nl)

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