Lesotho was a British protectorate until 1966, when it gained independence. The country has a population of about 2.3 million people and is a constitutional monarchy, where King Letsie III is the ...

Trump reacts to China's retaliatory tariffs as U.S. stocks continue to slide 08:23. Maseru, Lesotho — President Trump in March described Lesotho as a place "nobody has ever heard of," and then ...

Ten LDS girls on their way to a church activity in the capital of Lesotho died Saturday in a bus crash. Ten more remained ...

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.

35,000 workers, predominantly women, are employed in this sector, which yields about 20% of Lesotho's GDP.About 12,000 of them, working in large factories producing denim for the jeans labeled by ...

Lesotho officials shocked by Trump's remarks that 'nobody' has heard of their country Government officials in ... The country has a population of some 2.3 million and is a former British ...

First an insult. Now tariffs. 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 ...

Lesotho is completely encircled by South Africa, but separated by the forbidding mountain ranges. Not much of its land is available for farming, with its population vulnerable to food shortages ...

According to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, in 2024, U.S.-Lesotho bilateral trade stood at $240.1 million. Apart from clothing, Lesotho’s exports also include diamonds and other goods.