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LESOTHO DEBTS STAND AT M22 BILLION
The Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Dr Retšelisitsoe Matlanyane requested funds for the public debt, pensions and gratuities, statutory salaries and allowances in the
OPENING REMARKS BY THE EXPERT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OUTGOING CHAIRPERSON OF THE AU-STC NO.8
OPENING REMARKS BY THE EXPERT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OUTGOING CHAIRPERSON OF THE AU-STC NO.8
AFRICA MUST ENGAGE STARTEGIES TO END HUNGER-HIS MAJESTY
His Majesty King Letsie III as the African Union Nutrition Champion says collaborative efforts towards ending hunger, stunting and malnutrition are amongst the strategies that
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Lesotho is largely covered in grasses, although trees also appear on the landscape. Indigenous trees include Cape willows, cheche bush (used for fuel), and wild olives. Other willows and white poplars have been introduced into the country.
Not Called The Mountain Kingdom for Nothing
Lesotho, a high-altitude, landlocked kingdom encircled by South Africa, is crisscrossed by a network of rivers and mountain ranges including the 3,482m-high peak of Thabana Ntlenyana. On the Thaba Bosiu plateau, near Lesotho’s capital, Maseru, are ruins dating from the 19th-century reign of King Moshoeshoe I. Thaba Bosiu overlooks iconic Mount Qiloane, an enduring symbol of the nation’s Basotho people.
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Population
30, 355
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1966
Year of Foundation
496 800
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11,424 ft
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