Lesotho News News Lesotho » Social: Lesotho: A New Social Protection Assessment Aims to Help Strengthen Policies and Programs for the Poor
The World Bank, in collaboration with the Government of Lesotho, released a new report assessing the performance of Lesotho’s social protection policies and programs. As the country continues to face ...
News Lesotho » Social: Fear and worry in Lesotho: Photos show those affected as US aid cuts affect care for HIV patients
MAPUTSOE, Lesotho (AP) — For the 2.3 million residents of Lesotho, the announcement of massive cuts to the U.S. aid that sustained much of the small African nation’s health care system came as a shock ...
News Lesotho » Social: World Bank Approves $45 million to Support Entrepreneurship and Women and Youth-Owned SMEs in Lesotho
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2022 — The World Bank Group’s Board of Directors approved a $45 million loan for the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho to increase access to business support services and ...
News Lesotho » Social: What to know about Lesotho, the country Trump said 'nobody has ever heard of'
JOHANNESBURG — In his Tuesday night address to Congress, President Trump defended his administration's humanitarian aid cuts to countries around the globe, including one nation he joked "nobody has ...
News Lesotho » Social: 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 » Social: The tiny African nation of Lesotho had victories in its HIV fight. Then, the US aid cuts came
The tiny African nation of Lesotho had victories in its HIV fight. Then, the US aid cuts came - In the wake of massive U.S. cuts to foreign aid, the tiny country of Lesotho in southern Africa faces de ...
News Lesotho » Social: Nine LDS girls, two adults killed in crash on their way to a church activity in Africa
The African kingdom of Lesotho is in mourning after nine girls in a Latter-day Saint congregation and two adult leaders there were killed in a fiery bus crash. The girls were part of a group of more ...
News Lesotho » Social: Kingdom of Lesotho: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2022 Article IV Mission
A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of ...
News Lesotho » Social: Lesotho's Famo music: from shepherd songs to gang wars
MASERU, Lesotho — Puseletso Seema is musical royalty in the tiny African mountain kingdom of Lesotho, where she's known as "the Queen of Famo" -– a popular genre of pastoral accordion music beloved by ...
News Lesotho » Social: Lesotho populist party wins most seats in election, falls short of majority
MASERU, Oct 10 (Reuters) - A Lesotho party led by a diamond magnate won the most seats in last week's election, but fell short of an overall majority, the election commission said on Monday, raising ...
News Lesotho » Social: ‘We share in your pain and loss’ — Prime minister leads funeral for Latter-day Saints, others killed in crash
Led by Lesotho’s prime minister, thousands of mourners united in a soccer stadium Saturday to comfort loved ones and remember the lost ones from a multivehicle crash that claimed 14 lives, including ...