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Lesotho’s new prime minister Moeketsi Majoro sworn in

Moeketsi Majoro was sworn in as Lesotho’s new prime minister on Wednesday, a day after his predecessor resigned under pressure over a scandal involving the killing of his wife. Majoro, who was previously finance minister, took the oath at the king’s palace

May 20, 2020

Africa

Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to ‘resign because of old age’

Lesotho’s 80-year-old Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has told AFP news agency that he “intends to resign on Wednesday because of old age”. He is accused of murdering his estranged wife, allegations that caused his coalition government to crumble on Monday, leaving him

May 13, 2020

Africa·Breaking News

Lesotho parliament moves closer to forcing PM Thabane out of office

MASERU (Reuters) – Lesotho lawmakers and South African mediators said on Saturday that legislation awaiting assent from the king will see Prime Minister Thabane, suspected of killing his ex-wife, leave office soon, ending a crisis that has engulfed the mountain kingdom for

May 2, 2020

Africa·Breaking News

Lesotho PM seeks immunity from charge of murdering first wife

Lesotho’s high court will rule on whether Prime Minister Thomas Thabane can claim immunity from a charge that he murdered his wife prior to marrying his present spouse, a lower court decided on Monday, in a case that has gripped the tiny

February 24, 2020

Africa

Lesotho Prime minister leaves Lesotho, avoids being charged with murdering wife

Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane failed to appear in court on Friday in connection with the killing of his first wife, and his son said he had travelled to South Africa to see a doctor – but had not “fled the country”.

February 21, 2020

Africa·Health & Fitness

Lesotho health ministry split over vaccine

Opinions are divided on the continuance of the ill-fated Lesotho national Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccination campaign that landed hundreds of children in hospital with symptoms of full-blown measles and signs of extreme side effects. The national crisis that saw parents

March 28, 2017

Africa·Health & Fitness·South Africa

Trump policy raps Lesotho health services

MASERU – After-effects of the January 29 reinstatement of the US government’s Mexico City Policy by President Donald Trump are starting to be felt in the Southern African poverty-stricken tiny kingdom of Lesotho. Under this policy, foreign non-governmental organizations that receive family

March 28, 2017

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Lesotho Prime minister leaves Lesotho, avoids being charged with murdering wife

Lesotho health ministry split over vaccine

Trump policy raps Lesotho health services

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