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Hundreds of textile workers marched in Lesotho's capital Friday in protest against massive job losses caused by US-imposed tariffs on exports. "Factories are closing because of the US-imposed tariffs, ...
News Lesotho » Maseru: Lesotho: Workers March in Maseru As AGOA Uncertainty Threatens Thousands of Jobs
Hundreds of garment-factory workers marched through Maseru on Friday, demanding urgent government action to save Lesotho's collapsing textile industry. The march comes as uncertainty about the renewal ...
News Lesotho » Maseru: PHOTO ESSAY: Lesotho faces deep uncertainty after tariff threats and foreign aid cuts
In the wake of massive U.S. cuts in foreign aid as well as tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration, the small southern African country of Lesotho faces deep uncertainty over its ...
News Lesotho » Maseru: Lesotho's Famo music: from shepherd songs to gang wars
In Lesotho, a style of traditional accordion music called Famo has become entangled with deadly gang rivalries. Once the soundtrack of shepherds and migrant workers, today it's linked to killings, ...
News Lesotho » Maseru: Fear and worry in Lesotho: Photos show those affected as US aid cuts hit care for HIV patients
A team of Associated Press journalists traveled around Lesotho — from the urban capital of Maseru to isolated rural villages in the mountains and the lowlands — to photograph those affected by the U.S ...
News Lesotho » Maseru: Call to scrap passports between Lesotho and SA
Lesotho’s opposition Basotho Action Party has launched a campaign to ease cross-border travel using national identity cards ...
News Lesotho » Maseru: Women of Lesotho's garment industry lose jobs, hope in COVID
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News Lesotho » Maseru: Lesotho finds its HIV care system unraveling and patients in despair in the wake of US cuts
Lesotho reached a milestone late last year — UNAIDS’s 95-95-95 goal, with 95% of people living with HIV aware of their status, 95% of those in treatment, and 95% of those with a suppressed viral load.
News Lesotho » Maseru: In Lesotho, women say they're finding their abortions on Facebook
Editor's Note: CNN is committed to covering gender inequality wherever it occurs in the world. This story is part of As Equals, a year-long series. Maseru, Lesotho — Mpho opened a new chat on WhatsApp ...
News Lesotho » Maseru: AFRICA/LESOTHO - Metropolitan Archbishop resigns Maseru resigns, Successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Benedict XVI, on 30 June 2009 accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese Maseru (Lesotho), presented by Archbishop Bernard ...
News Lesotho » Maseru: Women in Lesotho’s garment industry lose jobs, hope amid pandemic
MASERU, Lesotho — Vekile Sesha stood outside the rusted gates of a garment factory in the industrial district of Lesotho’s capital, Maseru, willing her luck to change. Four months earlier, the ...