Kingdom of Lesotho
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NSDP II EXTENDED AGAIN
The National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) II time frame has been extended to 2027 following the implementation failure in the past three years. In her
NSDP II PURSUES PRIVATE SECTOR AND EXPORT-LED ECONOMY-PS TRADE
The Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Business Development, and Tourism, Mr. Thabo Moleko says the government through the National Strategic Development Plan
NAC ON GLOBAL STRATEGIC PLAN
Global Strategic Plan 2021- 2026 is the new approach to use an inequalities lens to close gaps that are preventing progress towards ending AIDS. This,
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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
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