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LESOTHO STRENGTHENS TIES WITH INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY
Lesotho News Agency
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August 29, 2025
by LENAAugust 29, 2025August 29, 2025064 Share0 Maseru, Aug.29– Lesotho has reaffirmed its commitment to international environmental governance and sustainable resource management as Ambassador Matete ‘Nena formally presented his credentials to...
Malawi’s Scorchers outshine Lesotho in 3-0 victory
The Maravi Post
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August 29, 2025
BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi Women’s National Football Team, the Scorchers, displayed class and determination on Friday afternoon as the girls defeated Lesotho 3-0 in a friendly match played at the Mpira Stadium at Chiwembe, Blantyre. Star striker...
India’s IT industry outpaced by business process outsourcing
Sunday Independent
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August 29, 2025
Phapano Phasha|Published 2 hours ago 5min IN a boost for India's economy, business process outsourcing (BPO), which involves companies handing over routine tasks like customer service or back-office operations to specialised providers, exports are...
Lesotho’s economy shows gradual rebound
CNBC Africa
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August 28, 2025
Lesotho's economic landscape is beginning to show signs of a gradual rebound, thanks in part to strategic monetary policies and diversification efforts. Matsela Matsela, Head of Global Markets at Standard Lesotho Bank, recently shared insights...
Lesotho’s historian ‘Burns’ Machobane told the country’s sto...
Modern Ghana
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Last year Lesotho celebrated 200 years since the founding of the nation by Moeshoeshoe I. This year the small country in southern Africa will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of its independence from colonial Britain. As it does so, the number...
Lesotho’s historian ‘Burns’ Machobane told the country’s story – and helped build it after colonialism
The Conversation
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August 28, 2025
Last year Lesotho celebrated 200 years since the founding of the nation by Moeshoeshoe I. This year the small country in southern Africa will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of its independence from colonial Britain. As it does so, the number...
Tapole’s success shows it’s possible for any Lesotho entrepreneur
Informative
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By: Mamoipone Mohlabana MASERU – Maseru east citizen Relebohile Tapole is a thriving entrepreneur doing her second year at the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) studying events management. She started Ms Relebohile Tapole...
Lesotho’s potato priority
Food and Agriculture Organization
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The potato is now a symbol of national transformation. Lesotho chose the potato as its priority product and joined FAO’s One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative in 2022. ©FAO/ Carl Houston McMillan 27/08/2025 Amidst craggy peaks and...
"DIY girlies are up": Maseru woman leaves Mzansi in awe after showing what she can do with a drill
Briefly
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August 28, 2025
A furniture maker from Maseru, Lesotho, showed how she used her brand-new Ryobi drill for the first time to create a stunning custom coffee table for a client The DIY expert transformed metal piping and a round top into a unique cylindrical coffee...
Unemployment, Social Strain And The Quiet Mental Health Struggles In Lesotho
Informative
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Greetings, owing to my ongoing look at the declining economy and alternative vocations, in this article I look at the effects these have on the social fabric and mental health of Basotho. Unemployment isn’t a statistic confined to economic...
Ambassador Amadei leaves a legacy of enhanced cooperation between Lesotho and the EU
Lesotho Times
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August 28, 2025
…as she completes her four-year diplomatic journey in the Kingdom European Union (EU) Ambassador, Paola Amadei, arrived in Maseru in 2021 to take over the plum diplomatic post from her predecessor, Christian Manahl, and as the first EU woman...
Kingdom of Lesotho receives payout under ARC sovereign drought parametric policy
Reinsurance News
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August 28, 2025
African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC), a specialised agency of the African Union, has issued an insurance payout of $2,767,958 to the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho, after its sovereign drought insurance policy for the 2024/25 agricultural...
Growthpoint Properties Launches Green Energy Initiative With Fuel Switch
Media Update
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August 27, 2025
Growthpoint Properties (JSE: GRT) has joined with Africa's first open blockchain-enabled Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) exchange, Fuel Switch for the launch of certified clean energy trading for tenants, with its e-co2 green energy initiative...
OPINION: Which way for Kenya-US trade relations?
Capital FM Kenya
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August 30, 2025
By Pankaj Bedi In less than 40 days, one of Kenya’s greatest economic lifelines could come to an end. On 30th September 2025, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the trade framework that has cemented Kenya’s position as Sub-Saharan...
Innovative woman breaks the manufacturing industry
Informative
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August 27, 2025
…Janki builds Lesotho’s future with cleaning solutions By: Mpho Shelile MASERU With just a Form 5 certificate from St. Rodrique High School, a young entrepreneur Rethabile Janki is already proving that ambition knows no age or degree. She is the...
Shatta Queen fearlessly breaks the male dominant industry
Informative
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August 27, 2025
By: ‘Moelo Motsiri MASERU Wrapped in talent and fueled by passion, Blaze Shatta Queen is a bold and versatile voice making waves in the country’s music scene. A woman reshaping the narrative in a male-dominated industry, her creative rapping style...
SEBABATSO YOUTH CONFERENCE COMING SOON – MINISTER
Lesotho News Agency
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August 30, 2025
MASERU – The Minister of Gender, Youth and Social Development Mr. Pitso Lesaoana says the 2025 Sebabatso conference for youth will be held from September 15-19. In his official statement, the Minister stated that the Prime Minister (PM), Mr....
Biden, Modi Or Xi Jinping: Who Is Behind The Ukraine War? Does Road To Peace Pass Through New Delhi?
The Eurasian Times
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August 30, 2025
Since returning to the White House in January this year, US President Donald Trump has frequently blamed NATO expansion and his predecessor, Joe Biden, for the Ukraine War. However, after more than three years of war in Ukraine, a new narrative is...
Mixed reactions greet SADC’s decision to drop Lesotho from Troika agenda
Public Eye
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August 26, 2025
‘MATHATO SEBOKA MASERU – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has removed Lesotho from the agenda of its Organ on Politics, Defence and Security, citing “positive progress” in the kingdom’s political and security situation – a...
South Africa concentrates on economic diplomacy
MENAFN
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August 30, 2025
(MENAFN) South Africa remains focused on advancing its national interests through strategic economic diplomacy, despite rising tariff pressures from the United States and global trade disruptions, President Cyril Ramaphosa stated. In his weekly...