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Prior to this, Lesotho was the last country in Africa to have no reported cases of COVID-19 during the global pandemic. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The country did not have the ability to test for the virus, [ 6 ] and so, in order to prevent the spread of the virus the government closed its border with South Africa . [ 7 ]
Businessman Sam Matekane's Revolution for Prosperity's won a plurality of seats in the National Assembly in the general election held on 7 October 2023. On 11 October 2023, it was announced that the RFP would form a coalition government with the Alliance of Democrats and the Movement for Economic Change. [2]
(Bloomberg) -- Lesotho, a southern African kingdom plagued by years of political instability, will hold general elections on Oct. 7.Most Read from BloombergAmericans Who Can’t Afford Homes Are ...
MASERU, Lesotho (AP) — Vekile Sesha stood outside the rusted gates of a garment factory in the industrial district of The post Women of Lesotho’s garment industry lose jobs, hope in COVID ...
The 120 members of the National Assembly were elected using a mixed single vote with seat linkage system for mixed-member proportional representation.Eighty members were elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with the remaining 40 elected from a single nationwide constituency as leveling seats, which were allocated to make seat totals reflect the national vote ...
According to the World Health Organization, Lesotho had a cervical cancer rate of 49.9 per every 100,000 women in 2021. An estimated 370 deaths related to cervical cancer were reported in 2019. It ...
The ruling resulted in the Democratic Congress losing three proportional representation seats, while the Alliance of Democrats lost one PR seat; the Basotho National Party gained an additional PR seat, while the Lesotho People's Congress, United For Change, and the Basotho Patriotic Party all gained one seat each, which allowed the three ...
Corruption in Lesotho has always been a problem since when it was a British protectorate during its early days. [1] However, the situation only became worse and more entrenched in the nation's political and economic systems around 1980s and 1990s.