| Name assigned by coder: |
no
|
| PGM ID Number: |
31
|
| Country: |
Lesotho |
| Date formed: |
Jan. 1, 1984 |
| Details of Formation: |
created by the ruling Basutho National Party of Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan |
| Date dissolved: |
Jan. 20, 1986 |
| Details of Termination: |
Terminated with military coup that ended two decades of increasingly autocratic rule by this tiny nation's Prime Minister, Chief Leabua Jonathan, to whom this group was loyal to. |
| Successor group(s): |
none
|
| Private Military Company? |
no |
| Government Relation: |
type1 |
| Government Link(s): |
person/minister; political party
|
| Training and Equipment |
no information |
| Shared Information and Joint Operations |
no information |
| Shared personnel |
no information |
| Types of Material Support: |
no information
|
| State Sponsor(s): |
Korea North
|
| Other Connection(s): |
|
| Membership: |
adolescents
|
| Location: |
Maseru, Lithabaneng suburb (3miles south of Maseru) |
| Force Strength: |
[unknown,
unknown] |
| Target(s): |
unarmed political opposition, government critics; regular military force
|
| Purpose(s): |
protect state, national or religious leader(s)
|
| Other Information: |
Trained by North Korea |
