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WORLD FACTBOOK (US)
Introduction: Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the UK in 1966. The Basuto National Party ruled for the first two decades. King MOSHOESHOE was exiled in 1990, but returned to Lesotho in 1992 and was reinstated in 1995 and subsequently succeeded by his son, King LETSIE III, in 1996. Constitutional government was restored in 1993 after seven years of military rule. In 1998, violent protests and a military mutiny following a contentious election prompted a brief but bloody intervention by South African and Botswana military forces under the aegis of the Southern African Development Community. Subsequent constitutional...
BACKGROUND NOTES (US)
History: Lesotho gained independence from Britain on October 4, 1966. In January 1970 the ruling Basotho National Party (BNP) appeared set to lose the first post-independence general elections when Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan annulled the election. He refused to cede power to the Basotho Congress Party (BCP) and imprisoned its leadership.
The BNP ruled by decree until January 1986 ...
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COUNTRY PROFILE (UK)
International Relations: Lesotho is a land-locked country and is completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. There are close political, cultural and economic links between the two countries and a Joint Bilateral Commission on Co-operation to handle practical matters.
Lesotho's Relations with the UK
There are long historical links between the UK and Lesotho. Several hundred British citizens live and work in Lesotho. Relations remain strong, despite the closure of the British High Commission in 2005. There are a number of British NGOs operating in Lesotho.
There are special links with Wales (Dolen ...
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Monday June 29, 2020 8:00 pm EDT - Lesotho can't afford incremental changes to its constitution: it needs a complete overhaul
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Friday June 12, 2020 3:00 am EDT - Lesotho ex-First Lady gets bail in murder trial
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Wednesday July 1, 2020 4:05 am EDT - U.S. Embassy personnel donate medical personnel protective equipment to Lesotho at South African, Lesotho border station
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Thursday June 25, 2020 3:01 pm EDT - U.S. Embassy personnel donate medical personal protective equipment to Lesotho at South African, Lesotho border station
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Thursday June 25, 2020 3:00 am EDT - Former Lesotho PM Tom Thabane expected in court over wife's murder
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Tuesday June 30, 2020 3:00 am EDT - Villagers accuse Lesotho Highlands Development Authority of paying a pittance for land
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Monday June 22, 2020 4:52 am EDT - Decision on former Lesotho first lady’s bail bid due Friday
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Friday July 10, 2020 9:14 am EDT - South Africa's efforts to stabilise Lesotho have failed. Less intervention may be more effective
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Tuesday May 5, 2020 3:00 am EDT - Thomas Thabane, Lesotho Prime Minister, Resigns Amid Murder Accusations
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Friday July 10, 2020 2:45 pm EDT - Lesotho Remote Monitoring Report, April 2020
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Reuters
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Thursday February 20, 2020 3:00 am EST - IMF Staff Completes 2020 Article IV Visit to the Kingdom of Lesotho
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Wednesday February 5, 2020 3:00 am EST - Filling up of hospital beds a challenge for mining industry
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Wednesday February 5, 2020 3:00 am EST - Chemical evidence of dairying by hunter-gatherers in Lesotho in the first millennium AD
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Thursday May 21, 2020 3:00 am EDT - Lesotho: Polihali Dam construction puts nearly 8000 people at risk of displacement
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Friday July 10, 2020 8:00 pm EDT - Lesotho appeal courts revokes bail granted to former leader's wife
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Friday May 29, 2020 3:00 am EDT - Lesotho leader's wife's murder trial to start next month
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Tuesday July 7, 2020 12:20 pm EDT - Lesotho: Tens of thousands 'one step away from famine' as drought impacts harvests and UN launches flash appeal
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Friday December 20, 2019 3:00 am EST - Wife of Former Lesotho Prime Minister Back in Prison in Murder of his Ex-Wife
VOA News
Thursday June 4, 2020 3:00 am EDT - Lesotho country profile
BBC News
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BBC News
Friday November 29, 2019 3:00 am EST - Lesotho Flash Appeal, November 2019
April 2020
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Monday May 11, 2020 3:00 am EDT - Drought leaves tens of thousands in Lesotho ‘one step from famine’
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Thursday January 30, 2020 3:00 am EST - One first lady is dead in Lesotho. Another has fled
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Thursday January 23, 2020 3:00 am EST - Lesotho's first lady charged with murder
CNN
Wednesday February 5, 2020 3:00 am EST - GIEWS Country Brief: Lesotho 23-March-2020
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Monday March 23, 2020 3:00 am EDT - Police in Lesotho want to question Prime Minister Thabane in ex-wife's killing
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Tuesday January 21, 2020 3:00 am EST
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