Kingdom of Lesotho
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MINISTER LAUNCHES THE NHDR REPORT
The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has launched the Lesotho 2024 National Human Development
LIMITED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EXACERBATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
The 2024 Trafficking in Person Report shows that human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Lesotho. Traffickers exploit victims from Lesotho abroad due to
PM ATTENDS KAGAME’S INAUGURATION
The Prime Minister Mr. Ntsokoane Matekane is currently in Rwanda to attend the inauguration of the President elect of the Republic of Rwanda. General elections
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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.
2, 070, 000
Population
30, 355
km2, square
1966
Year of Foundation
496 800
Unemployed
11,424 ft
Highest Point