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Thetsane industrial area in Maseru is home to many garment factories. Archive photo: Sechaba Mokhethi

Lesotho aims for 10% tariff on exports to US

The government is relieved by the reduction in the tariffs from the threatened 50% to 15%

Katse Dam in Lesotho is the largest of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project reservoirs, with a storage capacity of nearly 2-billion cubic metres.. (Walter Dhladlhla/Getty Images)

Basotho lose out over new dam that will supply SA with more water

Few benefits will flow to the people on whose land the Polihali Dam is being built

‘No work, no pay’ for employees who won’t report for duty on election day. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Lesotho’s voters forced to choose between salaries and right to vote

‘No work, no pay’ for employees who won’t report for duty on election day

Kanalelo Boloetsi: Taking on Lesotho’s cellphone giants, and winning

A man who took on cellphone data regulators over out-of-bundle rates is featured in this edition of a series on human rights defenders in the SADC region

Lesotho workers in a factory. (BBC)

How US foreign policy under Donald Trump has affected Africa

Lesotho has been used as a microcosm in this article to reflect how the foreign policy has affected Africa

A notice published in the Government Gazette by Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande last month said 33% of students could return to campus under level 3.

Overpopulation is not Lesotho’s biggest problem

The Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho recently held its third general election in the last five years.

The last best hope of Lesotho, a small country in big trouble

On the mountain of the night in the kingdom in the sky, just space — no gimmicks — at Southern African tourism’s final frontier.

Lesotho claims to uncover plot to kill ministers

The government of Lesotho believes it has uncovered a plot by opposition political parties to assassinate some government ministers and business people, spokesperson Mothejoa…

Prince Harry spends day with Lesotho orphans

Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, met on Friday with Aids orphans being cared for by a charity in Lesotho launched in memory of his late mother Princess Diana.…

Diamond said to be world’s 18th largest found in Lesotho

A 494-carat diamond, believed to be the 18th largest in the world, has been found at a mine in Lesotho, the natural resources minister said on Thursday. Monyane Moleleki said the…

Lesotho charges five with treason for attacks

Lesotho on Tuesday charged five men, including three members of the African mountain kingdom’s defence force, with treason in connection with recent attacks on leading…

Curfew imposed in Lesotho following attacks

An indefinite curfew has been imposed in Lesotho’s capital, Maseru, following a series of attacks by gunmen targeting senior political figures and their bodyguards, police said…

SADC meeting steers clear of Zim crisis

A Southern African Development Community (SADC) Council of Ministers meeting in Lesotho on Thursday steered clear of the political crisis in Zimbabwe. The meeting reviewed last…

Lesotho opposition parties stage sit-in at Parliament

Leaders and MPs of five opposition parties in Lesotho’s 120-member Parliament started an indefinite sit-in at the Parliament buildings on Thursday. They have called on their…

Lesotho’s ruling party wins parliamentary election

Lesotho’s ruling party has won parliamentary elections after facing a tough challenge from a new opposition group in the tiny Southern African kingdom, plagued by one of the…

Lesotho ruling party set for poll victory

Lesotho’s ruling party looked certain to win parliamentary election on Tuesday after it beat an unexpected challenge from a new opposition group in the isolated African kingdom…

Ruling party builds lead in Lesotho poll

The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy was building up a commanding lead over its rivals as counting continued on Monday after weekend parliamentary elections. Prime Minister…

Opposition wins first seat as Lesotho tallies votes

The first two results announced on Sunday in Lesotho’s closely contested parliamentary election gave the Lesotho Congress for Democracy, in power for a decade, and the opposition…

Competitive election draws Lesotho voters to polls

Voters Lesotho cast their ballots eagerly on Saturday in an election that has provided a rare competitive challenge to the party that has ruled for a decade. The Lesotho Congress…

Tight contest likely in Lesotho poll

Voters in Lesotho, one of Africa’s poorest and most Aids-ridden countries, started voting on Saturday with the ruling party trying to fend off a fierce challenge from one of its…