WITH barely a week to go before parliamentary elections in Lesotho on May 26th, there is no sign in the bustling capital of Maseru of the usual campaign paraphernalia: no posters, no cars emblazoned with party colours, no loudspeakers blaring political slogans, nothing to suggest that this mountain kingdom, surrounded by South Africa, was in the ... (more)

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[Ghanaian Chronicle] Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah will announce his squad for next month's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers this week. allafrica.com | 5/17/12 11:05 AM

The Black Stars will play Lesotho on 1 June in Kumasi in their opening Group D match before their away trip in Ndola against African champions, Zambia on 9 June .

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The Zebras are set to play Lesotho in an international friendly at the UB Stadium next Wednesday as preparations for tricky encounters against Central African Republic and South Africa intensify. www.mmegi.bw | 5/16/12 12:14 AM

Graduates of the now defunct University of Botswana Lesotho and Swaziland(UBLS) are on a mission to start offering scholarships to young Africans through their alumni, the UBLS Alumni Association. www.mmegi.bw | 5/16/12 12:14 AM

THREE nurses from different hospitals in Kenya and Lesotho have arrived in Windhoek to start a two year contract in various hospitals in Namibia.

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[Namibian] TWENTY-THREE nurses from different hospitals in Kenya and Lesotho have arrived in Windhoek to start a two year contract in various hospitals in Namibia. allafrica.com | 5/15/12 10:58 AM

A public poll in Swaziland showed that 43% of the population disapproved of Africa's last absolute monarch, King Mswati's III, earning a sharp rebuke from the government on Monday.

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JOHANNESBURG 15 May 2012 (IRIN) - The UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched its first Africa Human Development Report today, stressing food security as a means to a better quality of life for all. www.irinnews.org | 5/15/12 12:00 AM

[Commonwealth] Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma announced on 14 May 2012 that former Malawian President Dr Bakili Muluzi will lead the Commonwealth Observer Group to the Lesotho Parliamentary Elections, to be held on 26 May 2012. allafrica.com | 5/14/12 1:39 PM

[Daily News] MALAWI Queens have successfully defended Africa Netball Championship title at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam after beating Lesotho 58-19. allafrica.com | 5/13/12 1:14 PM

Country Reports in full text 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 All Kingdom of Lesotho: Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV Consultation and Second and Third Reviews Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility and a Request for Augmentation of Access - Staff Report; Staff ... (more)

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[Cameroon Tribune] The campaign is in line with activities to mark the 2012 edition of 20th May celebrations. allafrica.com | 5/11/12 11:16 AM

[SAR] Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili's ruling Democratic Congress (DC) looks set for a rocky time at the polls. Factionalism is already blighting the new party, which may well find itself in opposition in the next Parliament, facing a ruling coalition centred on the Mosisili's former power base, the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD). allafrica.com | 5/10/12 1:24 PM

[Daily News] THE national netball team, Taifa Queens launched on a sound note its campaign to win the Africa Senior Challenge silverware after recording 57-13 goals winning start when they played Lesotho at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday. allafrica.com | 5/9/12 4:03 AM

At least 30 people sustained injuries after members of the army and the police in Lesotho engaged each other in running battles in the capital, Maseru on Sunday. According to eyewitness accounts, the standoff began when an apparently drunk traffic police officer, who was on duty clashed with people identified as members of Lesotho Defence [...] globalfree.wordpress.com | 5/8/12 3:13 AM

[The Herald] THE National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe have begun their preparations for the Southern Region Youth Championships set for the end of this month in Harare. The track and field event is expected to attract athletes from 13 countries and so far nine countries -- Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland -- have confirmed their participation. allafrica.com | 5/4/12 11:23 AM

Former co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Sicelo Shiceka was a complex and tragic character.

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[Namibia Economist] Over the past four months, Namibians were faced with an increase in fuel prices which went up three time, sky-rocketing food prices and an increaseing taxi fares. allafrica.com | 5/3/12 12:21 PM

[IMF] Washington, DC - On April 9, 2012, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Lesotho. allafrica.com | 4/30/12 5:27 PM

Public Information Notices form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies.

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BANGULA 26 April 2012 (IRIN) - Dorothy Dyton, her husband and seven children used to make a living farming just over a hectare near the town of Bangula in southern Malawi’s Chikhwawa District. www.irinnews.org | 4/26/12 12:00 AM

[Gender Links] While women remain close to parity with 49.1% representation in local councils, the upcoming national elections may also bring an increase in women's representation in governance structures at the national level. allafrica.com | 4/25/12 1:00 PM

Set in Lesotho in the 1980's, The Mother of All Eating is an adaption of renowned South African writer, Zakes Mda's classic that exposes the greed, destructive mindset and tragic effects of government... www.sundaystandard.info | 4/23/12 5:23 AM

[Times of Zambia] GHANA'S Black Stars will set up a training camp in South Africa to prepare for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Zambia and Lesotho. allafrica.com | 4/21/12 12:58 PM

[CAF] The road to the 18th edition of the Orange African U-20 Championship to be held in Algeria in 2013 begins this weekend with eight first round matches. Sixteen teams are in action as the early steps to see who will wrestle the crown currently in the hands of the Nigerians start across the continent. The Super Eaglets won the title last year in South Africa with Cameroon finishing in second place. Egypt and Mali finished third and fourth respectively while hosts South Africa, Gambia, Ghana and Lesotho were t allafrica.com | 4/18/12 3:08 PM

[Vanguard] As the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, prepares to slam the former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, with fresh charges tomorrow, Sunday Vanguard has been able to exclusively obtain the purported statements made by Apagun Oluwole Olumide to the Commission before his death. allafrica.com | 4/16/12 10:53 AM

VIENNA, April 14, : The Governing Board of the OPEC Fund for International Development , meeting in its 138th Session, has approved 15 loans and grants totaling over $126 million to boost socio-economic development in over 13 partner countries.

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Matsepang R. Sekhokoane , counsellor of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho in Beijing, and Rachida Haijami , wife of Minister Counsellor Ahmed El Ghernougui of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Beijing, learn to make Beijing snacks during the Friendship Competition of Ambassadors and Madams on Knowing Chinese Culture at the Laoshe ... (more)

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[ENA] Addis Ababa - The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Dr. Jean Ping in Addis Ababa on Tuesday received credentials of the new Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Lesotho to African Union, Nyolosi Mphale, AU said. allafrica.com | 4/12/12 11:08 AM

[IMF] Washington, DC - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the second and third reviews of the Kingdom of Lesotho's economic performance under a program supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement. allafrica.com | 4/10/12 1:45 PM

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[SANF] The King of Lesotho has set 26 May as the date for eagerly awaited general elections following a successful dialogue that ended the deadlock among the main political players. allafrica.com | 4/10/12 10:17 AM

[Daily News] Vodacom has dropped charges from incoming calls and messages for its customers while roaming in Africa. allafrica.com | 4/10/12 8:06 AM

[Biz-Community] An initiative of the African Arts Institute, in partnership with the Goethe-Institut, the Southern African Training Hub will host a three-year programme in cultural leadership, governance and entrepreneurship will be launched in Johannesburg, South Africa during May 2012. It will host candidates from Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. allafrica.com | 4/4/12 3:03 PM

I've been thinking a lot about African currencies this week, trying to make sense of cents, centavos, centimes, centimos, and centesimi. Some regions keep things relatively simple. The West Africans tend to use francs (at least those with a French colonial past). East Africans shell out shillings: There's the Somali shilling, Kenyan shilling, Tanzanian shilling, Djibouti shilling and Burundi shilling. They're all different for now, but there's talk of a single East African shilling, that will perform much like the current West African and Central African franc.

For Christmas I made my youngest son a millionaire, by handing him a million dollar note from Zimbabwe. I kept the fifty trillion dollar note myself (don't tell him). Needless to say with all those zeros, Zimbabwe now uses the US$ instead. This is working out just fine, but change is a problem, and usually handed out in the form of chips or sweets to round it up.

Most currencies in Africa follow the traditional decimal pattern. In Gambia, 100 bututs = 1 dalasi and in Malawi, 100 tambala = 1 kwacha. But there are two currencies that like to keep people on their mathematical toes and diverge from the decimal norm -- in Mauritania 5 khoums = 1 Ouguiya, and in Madagascar 5 iraimbilanja = 1 ariary.

And my favorite African currency for no other reason than I like the sound of it? Has to be the Mozambican metical, closely followed by the Lesotho loti.

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Johannesburg - THE Zimbabwe men's Under-20 handball team all but secured their place in the IHF Zone Six Challenge Trophy tournament semi-finals when they beat Lesotho 34-24 in their last Group ... story.zimbabwestar.com | 4/3/12 10:33 AM

[The Herald] Johannesburg - THE Zimbabwe men's Under-20 handball team all but secured their place in the IHF Zone Six Challenge Trophy tournament semi-finals when they beat Lesotho 34-24 in their last Group B match at Wembley Indoor Hall in the Turffontein area of Johannesburg yesterday. allafrica.com | 4/3/12 9:47 AM

The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, recently described the political situation in Lesotho, as "worrying" during a visit to Angola, calling on Angola as chair of the Southern African Development Community to assess developments there, ahead of polls in May 2012.

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[ISS] The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, recently described the political situation in Lesotho, as "worrying" during a visit to Angola, calling on Angola as chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to assess developments there, ahead of polls in May 2012. allafrica.com | 3/28/12 1:20 PM

They came on horseback or by foot, trudging through Lesotho's highlands and clutching tattered identity documents to back their claims that South Africa's gold mining firms ruined their lungs.

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On March 15 2012, Lesotho's King Letsie III officially dissolved a highly acrimonious Parliament, to pave the way for the country's fifth general election since the country returned to electoral democracy in 1993, on May 26 2012.

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[ISS] On March 15 2012, Lesotho's King Letsie III officially dissolved a highly acrimonious Parliament, to pave the way for the country's fifth general election since the country returned to electoral democracy in 1993, on May 26 2012. allafrica.com | 3/25/12 9:35 AM

JOHANNESBURG 23 March 2012 (IRIN) - Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading killer of HIV-positive people globally. Almost 15 years ago the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS recommended that people living with HIV be given isoniazid preventative TB therapy (IPT), to prevent active TB, but national implementation of IPT has been slow. www.irinnews.org | 3/23/12 12:00 AM

THE Southern African Development Community has called for more investments in the development of water infrastructure to improve and enhance the supply of clean water in the region.

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Dr. Grace Phiri, center, is pictured at the pediatric ward of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Maseru, Lesotho.

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Dr. Grace Phiri, center, is pictured at the pediatric ward of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Maseru, Lesotho.

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The Mascom Live Sessions will be kicking off with a killer opening on the 30th of March with a performance by the renowned South African band, African Jazz Pioneers, Lesotho's Bhudaza and Botswana's own... www.sundaystandard.info | 3/15/12 8:44 PM

Lesotho jazz ace Bhudaza Mapefane retraces his steps to Botswana for a cross-country tour with local veteran singer Socca Moruakgomo. new.mmegi.bw | 3/14/12 1:10 PM