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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.
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”
EarthWire Africa RSS News Feed (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
The children in Lesotho will take part in planting trees to focus on climate change and to mark the 64th year of the founding of the United Nations. JDN
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The United States government has invested $28.2 million towards the fight against HIV/AIDS in Lesotho. This was revealed by the United States ambassador to Lesotho, Robert Nolan at the signing ceremony of grants worth $100,000, awarded to 13 community groups dealing with HIV/AIDS related issues. Nolan said the grants have been provided as part of the funding [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
When a place is so remote that you can only reach it on foot or horseback, a cash-in-transit operation is a real challenge - but Lesotho's Child Grants Programme (CGP) has overcome it with air support.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Lesotho’s Minister of Communications, Science and Technology, Mothetjoa Metsing says his ministry, as the custodian of media issues in Lesotho has moved a step ahead in dealing with digital migration. Delivering a keynote address at a four-day Southern African Broadcasting Association (SABA) 17th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the capital, Maseru on Monday, the minister said [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
The volunteer children's counsellor hangs up, visibly distraught: the latest call to Lesotho's toll-free child helpline was from a nurse in a remote village in the northern district of Butha-Buthe, where she had just helped an abandoned, mentally handicapped 16-year-old girl give birth.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
YESTERDAY was a historic day in Rwandan cricket. For the first time, Rwanda scored in excess of 300 as they set Lesotho a challenging target of 301 in their fourth game of the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division 3 tournament in Malawi.
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Prime Minister Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili of the Kingdom of Lesotho during an official visit to the Caribbean nation of Cuba. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Havana. October 2, 2009 Prime minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho begins official visit BETHUEL Pakalitha Mosisili, prime minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho, arrived in Cuba on Thursday for an official visit that ends Saturday,...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
BEFORE today's encounter with Lesotho, the national cricket team will have one thing on their minds; to win and win well.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Cuban leader Raul Castro has met visiting Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili and asked the visitor to forward his greeting to Lesotho King Letsie III, local media reported on Sunday. The two leaders discussed during their meeting Saturday challenges facing their respective countries, according to Sunday's edition of the Juventud Rebelde newspaper. The Lesotho prime minister reiterated his country's...
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