Lesotho Families, Moved to Make Way for a Dam, Lose Court Battle

20 years after they were displaced by the Mohale Dam, court tells families to share their compensation payout

• Five families who were moved to make way for the Mohale Dam in the Lesotho mountains have lost a court battle over compensation.
• Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) policy is that families who are moved must share compensation with their new community.
• The families argued that their new community did not have the same assets, such as grazing land, and they should not have to…