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  • The capital of Lesotho, in the western part of the country. It was founded in 1869.

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  • proper noun The capital of Lesotho.

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  • noun the capital of Lesotho; located in northwestern Lesotho

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Examples

  • MASERU - Two people were killed when security forces dispersed hundreds of looters in Lesotho's capital Maseru and the rural town of Mafeteng, soldiers said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • But in Maseru, people have more faith, and the word of an American preacher may be as good as the word of a doctor.

    Boing Boing: April 2, 2006 - April 8, 2006 Archives 2006

  • Defence in terms of the Lesotho Defence Act. Lekanyane added that pending such confirmation, the court martial ordered that the accused should be detained in custody in the section of the maximum security prison in Maseru, which is designated as a military detention centre.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • Maseru, which is located just over the border from

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • a full scale investigation into the Cabinet Ministers, and senior police and SADF officers, who planned and authorised such actions as the killing of men, women and children in barbaric raids such as Maseru, where 42 people, including children, died or the

    STATEMENT ON KRIEL'S STATEMENT ON INVESTIGATIONS INTO ANC LEADERS 1992

  • Looking at Africa, it's worth pointing out Lesotho's national stadium in Maseru, the venue of a 2002 World Cup qualifier against South Africa.

    The Knowledge: April fool! | Scott Murray 2011

  • At rubbish dumps in Maseru, children as young as 3 pick through waste products thrown away by Maseru's garment industry.

    More on TFA Fundraising, Gap Inc., Children, and Globalization Kenneth Libby 2009

  • At rubbish dumps in Maseru, children as young as 3 pick through waste products thrown away by Maseru's garment industry.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Jim Horn 2009

  • Proceedings of a regional workshop, Maseru, Lesotho, 1-3 July.

    Southern Africa and land resources 2008

  • Thabo Thakalekoala, a journalist at the private Harvest FM radio station in the capital Maseru, was arrested last June and charged with subversion after he read out on the air a letter said to have been written by members of the army denouncing Prime Minister Phakalita

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

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