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At least three Basotho nationals were rescued at the weekend when South African police busted a suspected international human trafficking ring that was allegedly using women from southern African countries as sex slaves.

Moeketsi Majoro was on Wednesday sworn-in as Lesotho’s new prime minister, a day after Thomas Thabane resigned amid allegations that…

Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane announced his resignation on Tuesday, ending months of political uncertainty in the small southern African mountain kingdom.

Embattled Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane on Monday said he is stepping down as head of government, ending months of political tension in the tiny southern African kingdom as rivals desperately tried to push him out amid a murder trial.

Lesotho on Wednesday recorded its first case of coronavirus, making it the last country in Africa to report an infection from the disease.

The four-party coalition under whose banner Lesotho’s embattled Prime Minister Thomas Thabane was elected collapsed on Monday, with the premier’s All Basotho Convention and the opposition Democratic Congress close to inking a pact to form another unity government.

Under-fire Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane announced Thursday that he will resign at the end of May, ending weeks of tension that has threatened political stability in the kingdom.

Lesotho became the latest southern African country to ease lockdown restrictions when it allowed businesspersons to “temporarily open shop” starting Wednesday although the country’s borders would remain closed

A group of think-tankers from Europe and Africa are drawing global attention to the impact of Coronavirus in Africa which should change global politics.

A Lesotho magistrate on Monday referred to the High Court an application by the country’s embattled Prime Minister Thomas Thabane in which he claimed that he was immune from prosecution.