Will Lesotho be the World's First Country to Lose its Sovereignty Due to Global Warming? : Southern Africa - Regional Analysis

Will Lesotho be the World's First Country to Lose its Sovereignty Due to Global Warming? : Southern Africa - Regional Analysis

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Africa Conflict Monitor
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Africa Conflict Monitor, Volume 2016, Issue 10, Oct 2016, p. 63 - 70
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The failed state of Lesotho should have been incorporated into South Africa decades ago, and competition over Southern African water sources may ensure this colonial-era plan is accomplished. Lesotho's only substantial natural resource, water, is already causing political scandal in South Africa as Johannesburg goes without.

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CITATION: . Will Lesotho be the World's First Country to Lose its Sovereignty Due to Global Warming? : Southern Africa - Regional Analysis . : , . Africa Conflict Monitor, Volume 2016, Issue 10, Oct 2016, p. 63 - 70 - Available at: https://library.au.int/will-lesotho-be-worlds-first-country-lose-its-sovereignty-due-global-warming-southern-africa