Lekhanya immediately sought to improve relations with South Africa, which were strained due to Jonathan's support of the African National Congress.

Lekhanya then became leader of the Basotho National Party ( BNP ), Lesotho's main opposition party, which only has a few seats in Parliament and, according to Lekhanya, has been the victim of fraud in the last several elections in Lesotho.

In the May 2002 parliamentary election, Lekhanya, the BNP candidate for the Mant ' sonyane constituency, was defeated by Masuthang Taole of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy ( LCD ), receiving 28. 5 % of the vote against Taole's 49. 1 %.

A military government chaired by Justin Lekhanya ruled Lesotho in coordination with King Moshoeshoe II and a civilian cabinet appointed by the King.

For the first time, however, opposition political parties won significant numbers of seats, and despite some irregularities and threats of violence from Major General Lekhanya, Lesotho experienced its first peaceful election.

* April 29-30 – In Lesotho, a bloodless coup ousts military ruler Justin Lekhanya.

Retired General Justin Metsing Lekhanya ( born April 7 1938 in Thaba-Tseka, Lesotho ) was the prime minister, defense minister and chairman of the military council of Lesotho from 24 January 1986 until 2 May 1991.

They had served Lekhanya as a Lesotho Paramilitary Force Major in 1977 under a false identity.

The hoax had resulted in Lekhanya financing the Lesotho Liberation Army against himself.

Lekhanya also gave more power to Lesotho's king at first, but later came into dispute with him, and he deposed the king in another military coup in 1990.

In February 1990, King Moshoeshoe II was stripped of his executive and legislative powers and exiled by Lekhanya, and the Council of Ministers was purged.

Before this transition, however, Lekhanya was ousted in 1991 by a mutiny of junior army officers that left Phisoane Ramaema as Chairman of the Military Council.

* 20 January – A coup d ' état led by Major General Justin Lekhanya deposes Lesotho's prime minister Leabua Jonathan and re-instates power to King Moshoeshoe II

Lekhanya was commander of the army when he overthrew Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan in a military coup following revelations that he had been the victim of a hoax by two Pan-Africanist Congress military commanders exiled from South Africa, Potlako Leballo and Bernard Leeman.

Lekhanya accused those involved of undermining discipline within the armed forces, subverting existing authority, and causing an impasse on foreign policy that had been damaging to Lesotho's image abroad.

Justin Lekhanya, the leader of the 1986 coup, was elected as Party Leader of the BNP at its Conference in March 1999.

After the 1986 Lekhanya military coup Bennet Khaketla ( a renown Sesotho writer ) accepted a post as a minister.

Lekhanya was elected as Party Leader of the BNP at its Conference in March 1999, and he was re-elected as Party Leader at the BNP Conference held on March 31 – April 1, 2001.

In August 2008, it was announced that the Solomon Islands intended to open a High Commission in Suva, and in December the government of Fiji announced that it had " formally endorsed the establishment of a Resident Diplomatic Mission in Suva by the Government of the Solomon Islands ".

Cossiga announced his involvement in the establishment of the organization.

He had already announced his plan which was named " The draft principles of project of establishment of a new sport and its industrialization " in November, 1959, and he proposed the tentative name of " karate-boxing " for this new sport.

On September 13, 2001, the Redskins announced the establishment of the Redskins Relief Fund to help families of the victims of the attack at the Pentagon.

Janet C. Rotter, Head of School, announced the establishment of the Virginia O ' Hanlon Scholarship, speaking passionately about their commitment to offering need-based scholarships for students of merit.

Pope John Paul II on 5 June 1991, during a visit to Białystok, announced the establishment of the Archdiocese of Białystok which ended the period of the temporary church administration of the portion of the Archdiocese of Vilnius that had, after World War II, remained within the Polish borders.

In order to help them, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a new political approach to the economically challenged " banlieues " of France in 2008 saying that, " 500 million euros will be spent on the improvement of French public transportation ( an effort to make the ghetto less isolated ), an increase in police forces in the " banlieues ," a prioritization of creating new jobs for these underprivileged youth, a systematic crackdown on drug trafficking in the " banlieues ", and the establishment of new schools in disadvantaged areas for students who show particular promise.

" The Byrds further outraged the Opry establishment by breaking with accepted protocol when they performed Parsons ' song " Hickory Wind " instead of the Merle Haggard song " Life in Prison ", as had been announced by Tompall Glaser. Grand Ole Opry House

On July 28, 2011, Israel and South Sudan announced the establishment of full diplomatic relations.

Although Israel does not have diplomatic or official trade relations with Djibouti ( a member of the Arab League ), following a meeting between officials of both countries in September 1995, plans were then announced to open liaison offices in the respective countries ’ capitals, prior to the possible establishment of diplomatic relations between the two states.

During a visit to Peru, Bush announced the establishment of an Andean Center of Excellence for Teacher Training, with a base in Peru, and a fellowship program to give Andean professionals access to education in information technology.

Six months later he announced the establishment of a chess school under Bogoljubow and the World Chess Champion, Dr. Alexander Alekhine, and he visited a chess tournament in October 1942 at the " Literary Café " in Krakow.

In response to both this and Coke's establishment of a sub-committee to establish freedom of speech and discuss the rights of the Commons, James announced that " you usurp upon our prerogative royal and meddle with things far above your reach ".

On September 1, 2009, Funcom announced the establishment of a new development studio in Montreal, Canada.

Also in 2002, ESPN announced the establishment of the X Games Global Championship.

Its establishment was announced the next day.

* 2006, the establishment of two new colleges, Morningside College and S. H. Ho College, was announced.

That evening, they established a tactical headquarters and announced the establishment of the " Military Government of Hubei of Republic of China ".

Then they announced the establishment of the Hunan Military Government of the Republic of China and announced their opposition to the Qing Empire.

They then announced the establishment of Shanxi Military Government with Yan Xishan as the military governor.

From 2008, the airline announced that it would look forward to expand its medium-haul network to the Mediterranean and its long-haul network to Canada and the United States ( where it regularly flew in the 1990s ), including the establishment of codeshare agreements with Air Canada.

On October 1, 1949, Mao announced the establishment of the People ’ s Republic of China.

In 1876 the Conservative opposition announced a National Policy of protective tariffs, which resonated with voters.

2B Orlando Hudson became the recipient of his second career Gold Glove Award, as announced on November 3 becoming only the sixth infielder in major league history to win a Gold Glove award in both the American and National Leagues.

On November 14, it was announced that RHP Brandon Webb was the recipient of the Cy Young Award for the National League.

In June 1998, Buyoya promulgated a transitional constitution and announced a partnership between the government and the opposition-led National Assembly.

On September 5, 1901 Patrick T. Powers, president of the Eastern League announced the formation of the second National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, the NABPL or " NA " for short.

In 1994, the prayers announced " allowed " by the 1982 Bishops Council of the Anglican Church of Korea was published in a second version of the Book of Common Prayers In 2004, the National Anglican Council published the third and the current Book of Common Prayers known as " seoung-gong-hwe gi-do-seo " or the " Anglican Prayers ", including the Daily Masses, Special Masses, Baptism, Confirmation, Funeral Mass, Wedding Mass, Rite of Ordination Mass, and all of the other events the Anglican Church of Korea celebrates.

In December 1978, Vietnam announced formation of the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation ( KUFNS ) under Heng Samrin, a former DK division commander.

Due to mounting political pressure, in 1991 President Kolingba announced the creation of National Commission to rewrite the constitution to provide for a multi-party system.

The National Socialist Movement of Chile supported Ibáñez's candidacy, which had been announced on September 4.

In a letter dated 18 February 2008, Castro announced that he would not accept the positions of president and commander in chief at the 24 February 2008 National Assembly meetings, saying " I will not aspire nor accept — I repeat I will not aspire or accept — the post of President of the Council of State and Commander in Chief.

The UK's National Health Service announced in 2008 that more therapists would be trained to provide CBT at government expense as part of an initiative called Improving Access to Psychological Therapies ( IAPT ).

In January 2009, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a joint study to determine whether the ocean off the California coast was serving as a carbon source or a carbon sink.

Due to fan requests, Eckert announced that the Cy Young Award would be given out both in the American League and the National League.

In May 2009 at the World Economic Forum, Jordan announced its plans to construct the " Jordan National Red Sea Development Project " ( JRSP ).

* In December 2001, the United States ' National Film Preservation Foundation announced that Morris's The Thin Blue Line would be one of the 25 films selected that year for preservation in the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress, bringing the total at the time to 325.

At the RSA Conference 2005, the National Security Agency ( NSA ) announced Suite B which exclusively uses ECC for digital signature generation and key exchange.

On the 13 January 2011, the Computer Conservation Society announced that it had commissioned a working replica of EDSAC, to be built at The National Museum of Computing ( TNMoC ) in Bletchley Park.

MLB had announced a few months earlier that it intended to add two new teams to the National League.

In 2004 de Klerk announced that he was quitting the New National Party and seeking a new political home after it was announced that the NNP would merge with the ruling ANC.

In the early hours of 23 December 2008, Aboubacar Somparé, the President of the National Assembly, announced on television that Conté had died at 6: 45pm local time on 22 December " after a long illness ", without specifying the cause of death.

The militia was re-titled the National and Popular Militia in 1974 and its regular section scaled down, as the President announced that the country could not afford the large standing force that he believed was necessary to deter what he saw as the constant threat of invasion.

On 16 April 2012 Military leaders and a group of political parties in Guinea-Bissau have announced the formation of a Transitional National Council.

On taking office, Holt declared that Australia had no intention of increasing its commitment to the war, but just one month later, in December 1966, he announced that Australia would treble its troop commitment to 4, 500, including 1, 500 National Service conscripts, creating a single independent Australian task force based at Nui Dat.