What the records say
- When
- 1998
- Kind
- Armed conflict
- Deaths
- 78
- Coordinates
- 29.32° S, 27.48° E
- Incompatibility
- government
- Type of conflict
- internationalized intrastate
- Region
- Africa
- Location
- Lesotho
- Side a
- Government of Lesotho
- Side b
- Military faction (Lesotho)
Placed at the middle of its 5 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).
South African intervention in Lesotho
1998–1999 military operation
The South African intervention in Lesotho, codenamed Operation Boleas, was a military invasion launched by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and led by South Africa through its South African National Defence Force into Lesotho to quell unrest after the 1998 elections.
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The source
- UCDP Battle-Related DeathsUppsala Conflict Data ProgramCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
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