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Windows of the World (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Aaron sent me this beautiful postcard from Lesotho. The postcard shows the life of people from the highlands in the Kingdom of Lesotho. Date: November 14, 2009.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Isolated mountain communities hard hit by HIV and AIDS in Lesotho have begun to reap benefits from the overhaul of nine healthcare clinics over the past four years.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The 2010 report on the State of the World’s Children was officially launched in Maseru on Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of the UN General Assembly’s adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Lesao Lehohla performed the official launch in the presence of the [...]
The News Market (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The 12 million euro programme aims to assist the families of the poorest and most destitute households caring for orphans and vulnerable children.
Unicef (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
LEBAKENG, Lesotho, 18 November 2009 – Mapalesa Sebatanyane, 73, is the primary caregiver for her four grandchildren, but she struggles to feed them with the small income she earns raising chickens in this remote village.
Unicef (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
UNICEF's Eva Gilliam reports on the Lesotho Child Grants Programme, an effort to aid poor households and ensure the rights of orphans and vulnerable children.
Just Style (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Lesotho's apparel exports - the bulk of which go to the lucrative US market - could be adversely affected by increased competition from low-cost Asian countries such as China and India, as well as the loss of preferential provisions in 2012 and 2015, a World Trade Organization (WTO) report says.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Eight Lesotho farmers from the capital Maseru and three neighboring districts of Berea, Leribe and Mafeteng have been selected to grow a special sorghum for beer production in the country. The director of corporate affairs for the Lesotho Brewing Company (LBC), Ntahli Matete, said the farmers were expected to grow the special sorghum for beer which [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been feeding people in Lesotho since 1965, yet the tiny mountain kingdom is still not much closer to achieving food self-sufficiency. Time to overhaul the approach, aid agencies say.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead.
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead.(..)Through the World Food Programme commodities such as maize meal, cooking oil and pulses are also provided.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Having more than one sexual relationship at the same time is driving the spread of HIV in small landlocked Lesotho. The health sector has long suspected this, but a new report by the National AIDS Commission (NAC), in partnership with UNAIDS and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has confirmed it.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Two southern African states -- South Africa and Lesotho -- have leapt into top 10 ranking of countries where women face the least discrimination, the World Economic Forum said Tuesday.
The Age (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Two southern African states -- South Africa and Lesotho -- have leapt into top 10 ranking of countries where women face the least discrimination, the World Economic Forum said Tuesday.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
“African nations are looking forward to Asian countries for their development”
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