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HEAT WAVE HITS LESOTHO
As parts of Southern Africa experience record-breaking temperatures and severe heatwaves, the Lesotho Red Cross Society (LRCS) advises all to be cautious. Lesotho is no
GOVERNMENT HONORS AGREEMENT
The government of Lesotho through the Ministry of Health has vowed to honour its agreement with the Christian Health Association (CHAL) of paying the due
TWO AMBASSADORS PAY COURTESY CALL TO HIS MAJESTY
Two Ambassadors of the Gulf Cooperation Council representing two of the four-member countries from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) paid a courtesy call
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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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30, 355
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1966
Year of Foundation
496 800
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