Auditor General Exposes Mismanagement in Lesotho’s Royal Palace and Electricity Company
Maseru, Lesotho – The Auditor General of Lesotho Paul Letlela has released damning reports revealing severe mismanagement and financial irregularities in two major public...
African countries are bad at issuing bonds, so debt costs more...
Over the past two decades, African countries have increasingly turned to international capital markets to meet their development financing needs. For example, Kenya and...
US cuts food aid to 36,000 children in Lesotho
A programme designed to feed more than 36,000 learners at 200 schools in Lesotho will now end after abrupt cuts by the US...
Lesotho’s health system has been decimated by US funding cuts
Despite previous assurances by Lesotho’s Minister of Health that the country’s HIV response will cope without US funding, senior officials say testing rates...
Zimbabwe’s Media Crackdown Draws International Concern
Press freedom in Zimbabwe is facing renewed pressure as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government moves to tighten control over both traditional and digital media. The...
Big US-funded chicken project shuts down in Lesotho
A R500-million project to boost chicken farming in Lesotho has been canned by the United States Department of Agriculture.
The Sustainable Transformation of...
Regional Meeting in Harare Aims to Strengthen Transboundary Conservation Efforts Amid...
Government officials and conservation leaders from across Southern Africa are gathering in Harare this week to discuss strategies for advancing transboundary biodiversity conservation in...
Global Rise in Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Puts Children at Risk, Warns UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has raised alarms over increasing outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases worldwide, endangering the lives of millions of children and...
Insurgents Behead Two in Attack on Luxury South African owned Safari...
In a brutal attack last week, insurgents stormed a South African-owned luxury safari hunting lodge on the border of the Niassa Special Reserve, beheading...
US shuts down massive Lesotho development project
The United States has moved to shut down an American-funded R6-billion development project in Lesotho.
The Lesotho government has not confirmed the closure...
Lesotho gives in, approves Starlink licence
The Lesotho Communications Authority has approved Starlink’s application to provide satellite internet services.
The announcement comes in the middle of uncertainty about the...
White Farmers to Receive Compensation from Zimbabwe
For decades, Zimbabwe’s land reform program has been a contentious issue, both domestically and internationally. In the early 2000s, under former President Robert Mugabe’s...
