(MENAFN) Lesotho has announced a two-year state of disaster in response to soaring unemployment triggered by a steep U.S. tariff introduced under President Donald Trump. Deputy Prime Minister Nthomeng Majara declared the emergency after the...
(MENAFN) Lesotho has announced a two-year state of disaster in response to soaring unemployment rates triggered by US President Donald Trump’s April decision to apply a 50 percent tariff on imports from the African country. This drastic measure...
(MENAFN) Lesotho is actively moving away from relying on the US as a major export destination due to high tariffs and changing buyer preferences, according to Mokhethi Shelile, the country’s Minister of Trade, Industry, and Small Business....
FAYETTEVILLE, GA, UNITED STATES, July 24, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A revealing new study has uncovered a critical public health concern in Lesotho: widespread undernutrition among children aged 6 to 24 months. Researchers found stark...
DG Okonjo-Iweala said: "I deeply appreciate Lesotho's commitment to the WTO and to supporting the implementation of this historic agreement. We are now very close to breaking new ground in safeguarding livelihoods and food security and securing...
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) and the Lesotho’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Business Development have agreed to enhance trade and investment, to advance shared interests. This emanated from a meeting which was...
The Department of Water and Sanitation’s weekly hydrological report on the status of dam levels has revealed that the Vaal Dam continues to sustain impressive water levels above full capacity, showing only a minimal week-to-week variation. The...
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Thoko Didiza, signed the Barcelona Declaration on Tuberculosis (TB), marking South Africa’s formal commitment to a renewed global parliamentary movement to eradicate TB within a generation. The declaration...
Members of the media are invited to join Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina, together with Deputy Ministers, David Mahlobo and Sello Seitlholo to witness the reopening of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) tunnel in Clarens, Free...
A joint large-scale inspection blitz by Department of Employment and Labour in partnership with the Department of Home Affairs and the South African Police Service (SAPS) last night (Tuesday) led to the closure of a clothing/textile factory, the...
Doha: HM King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho arrived in Doha on Sunday to participate in the Second World Summit for Social Development, hosted by the State of Qatar from 4 to 6 November. His Majesty and the accompanying delegation were...
by LENANovember 2, 2025November 2, 2025039 Share0 MASERU – Lesotho High School (LHS) former students met in remembrance of all the years they spent there and how best they can support the school to enhance quality education. The gathering held at...
Hundreds of textile workers marched in Lesotho's capital Friday in protest against massive job losses caused by US-imposed tariffs on exports. The Trump administration slapped the small southern African nation with 50 percent tariffs -- the...
by LENAOctober 31, 2025October 31, 2025077 Share0 MASERU — The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention...
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 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act...
Lesotho’s asset recovery unit has been disbanded as “not properly gazetted”. The unit’s shut down comes a month after it revealed irregular land allocations to senior officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Nthomeng Majara, former ministers and...
Maseru, Oct. 31 — The Prime Minister Mr. Ntsokoane Matekane says the newly donated agricultural equipment from the People’s Republic of China will go a long way in eradicating hunger and poverty as well as creating jobs. This he said at the...
The Malawi National Football Team, the Flames will face Lesotho in two friendly matches scheduled to take place in Bloemfontein, South Africa this month. Football Association of Malawi (Fam) announced Friday that the first match will take place on...
Maseru, Nov.03 — The High Court through Justice ‘Maliepollo Makhetha has on Monday remitted to the Magistrate Court/ Subordinate Court a case in which Lefu Manyokole and others are charged with corruption involving over M130 million belonging to...
by LENANovember 3, 2025November 3, 2025076 Share0 Maseru, Nov. 3 — The Lesotho Institute of Accountants (LIA) will host a Council Update Gala Dinner on November 14, following the recent election of its 48th Council, which marks a new chapter in...
