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So I found out about Afrobarometer because it was referenced in this Public Eye article about how the Basotho are divided about dual citizenship with South Africa. I assume that means they have released some new findings, however all I could find at the moment on their site about Lesotho were the findings from round [...] This type of country is called an enclave. Enclave countries are very rare, but Lesotho is one. This makes Lesotho’s relationship with South Africa very important to it.Lesotho – Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia BBC NEWS | Africa | Lesotho Aids diary: Orphan Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili on Thursday urged African Union (AU) member states to have bold programmes and strong political will to accelerate principles of gender based policies, declarations and conventions within Africa. Full story here. Over 150 Kenyan health workers are stuck in Lesotho working under poor conditions, the Union of Kenya Civil Servants has said. According to the Union, the workers are “mainly nurses working as nannies in rural Lesotho.” Addressing a news conference Thursday, the Union’s Secretary General Tom Odege said it would be difficult [...] Lesotho recently completed a situational analysis to determine whether it has the capacity to roll out a male circumcision service at public health facilities. The survey found that over 80 percent of Basotho were aware of the benefits of circumcision in preventing HIV, and many men were willing to be circumcised. The tiny mountainous kingdom [...] Phillips SA Light Bulb Factory and the factory goes to…. Lesotho. It seems official that the factory will be built. AllAfirca story here. More details from iafrica. Weekly trade journal Engineering News reported that construction of the facility has already begun in Maseru and the first bulbs are expected to be released to South African [...] NPR Marketplace segment about Chinese businesses in Lesotho and that whole ball of wax. Audio here. SA Miners are protesting today. Full story here. South Africa’s mining sector accounts for some 16% of the country’s GDP. It would appear that the strike extends to Lesotho as well, Public Eye story here. —— The Berea Plateau has a new HIV/AIDs clinic: here. —— Lesotho will adhere to the “One China” [...] The men from the Mountain Kingdom took the first three positions, while the women’s section title also went to that country. Sowetan article here. joBurg story with images here. |
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