Trump hit the small African kingdom of Lesotho with his highest tariff this week at 50%, fueling urgent efforts by the country to seek a deal, and new trade partners.

Trump has made it a tough month for Lesotho. In a quiet Washington embassy, President Trump’s seismic announcement has prompted a rush of high-stakes strategy talks and a cheerful insistence ...

WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, July 7, 2025/APO Group/ -- <li /> Against a backdrop of low growth, high ...

President Trump defended his humanitarian aid cuts to countries around the globe, including one nation he joked "nobody has ever heard of." Here are some facts about the African nation of Lesotho.

The highest tariff of 50% imposed on one of the smallest and poorest sub-Saharan African countries, essentially penalizes the inability of its workers producing American brands to afford them.

Lesotho's foreign minister reminded him that the U.S. has a diplomatic mission there.Last year, the landlocked kingdom bordered on all sides by South Africa with a population of 2.3 million people ...

Ten LDS girls on their way to a church activity in the capital of Lesotho died Saturday in a bus crash. Ten more remained hospitalized on Monday, a local official for The Church of Jesus Christ of ...

Lesotho was taken aback by US President Donald Trump's mockery of the southern African nation, its foreign minister said Wednesday, as the country's main LGBTQ rights organisation denied receiving ...

Government officials in the small African country of Lesotho were shocked by President Trump's dismissive remarks that "nobody has ever heard" of their country.

US President Donald Trump has said that "nobody has ever heard of" the African country of Lesotho - a comment that has "shocked" its government. It is a small country in southern Africa that ...

Classified as a lower-middle-income country by the World Bank, nearly half of Lesotho’s 2.3 million population live below the poverty line, while a quarter are unemployed.

How tiny Lesotho ended up with the highest US tariffs in the world U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs have struck among others the small southern African kingdom of Lesotho, one of the world's ...