> "The deadly gold wars of Lesotho" would probably have been a more accurate title Not really. The involvement in illegal mining comes later, and violence was

> "The deadly gold wars of Lesotho" would probably have been a more accurate title Not really. The involvement in illegal mining comes later, and violence was part of the Famo before that. There's some suggestion that it was tensions over funeral funds, which is where these groups came from. Edit: and I should add that the illegal gold mining happens in South Africa, not Lesotho (which afaik has no gold mines). See, for example, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-34589143 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-34589143.