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Maseru, Lesotho · MaseruIn the journey towards gender equality and justice, recent decades have seen strides made, yet the road ahead remains treacherous. In the race to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, attention is turning to the role that over five hundred public development banks worldwide could play. Public development banks are increasingly exploring how …See the Story
Breaking the Silence: Gender-Based Challenges in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project ll
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Maseru, Lesotho · MaseruLanguage English Lesotho, Maseru, 20 March 2024 - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Sub Regional Office for Southern Africa (ECA SRO SA) provided technical support to the Government of Lesotho to develop the country's successor national industrial policy through the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Business Development (MTIBD). The policy document aims to harness an export driven economic growth trajectory through industrializatioSee the Story
Lesotho validates a successor national industrial policy to harness economic growth
Lesotho · LesothoKhoabane Mojela, Principal Chief of Taakholo, Tebang and Ha- Seleso who shot his cousin in May of 2020, has successfully argued in a Lesotho Court that Mojela's intense belief in witchcraft prompted him to kill Taenolo Letsie. The ruling of Mojelas belief in witchcraft as an extenuating factor has spared him from the death penalty, which is still in place in the small landlocked nation.See the Story
Lesotho Principal Chiefs Belief in Witchcraft an ‘Extenuating Factor’ in Murder Trial
Lesotho · LesothoLerato Seleteng-Kose is a botanist working at the National University of Lesotho in Roma. He studies the wetlands to protect them, and to see whether there is any deterioration. The idea is not to stop local people from using the natural resources that they depend on, just to make sure it's done sustainably.See the Story
Why I wander with wonder through Lesotho’s wetlands
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Cancer · LesothoAt least 362 of 541 women diagnosed with cervical cancer annually die from the scourge. Lesotho has 771,897 women aged 15 years and older who are at risk of developing cervical cancer. Cancer screening can save the government funds spent on patients send abroad for treatment.See the Story
Lesotho: Cervical Cancer Kills 362 Basotho Women Annually
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Maseru, Lesotho · MaseruAstra Energy has executed a memorandum of understanding with the Lesotho National Development Corporation to establish the facility. Astra intends to own and operate the project as an independent power producer. This follows the same business model implemented for both the 50-MW Clean and Renewable Energy Park being developed with Zanzibar Electricity Corporation at Kibele Landfill.See the Story
Lesotho establishing renewable energy park - CAJ News Africa
Lesotho · LesothoPeter Chatanga uses weeks-long audio recordings to build a picture of biodiversity in Lesotho’s crucial wetlands. Peter Chatanga uses weeks-long audio recordings to build a picture of biodiversity in Lesotho’s crucial wetlands.See the Story
I listen to the sounds this remote wetland makes to learn its rhythms
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