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Scotland addresses Pan-African Parliament, mulls Zimbabwe re-admission

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Patricia Scotland addresses Pan-African Parliament

Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, has addressed the Pan-African Parliament during her tour to Lesotho and South Africa. The Secretary-General is on a week-long visit to Lesotho and South Africa to…

Lesotho general elections underway, Commonwealth calls for voter roll review

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Lesotho has headed to the polls as the Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) expressed concerns that voter roll caused confusion and disenfranchised voters in some areas. The country voted to choose…

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Lesotho Independence Day is observed on 4 October every year. This year marks the country’s 56th anniversary of independence from the United Kingdom. Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is…

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The Commonwealth has announced it will deploy a team to observe the general elections in Lesotho, to be held on 7 October. The group will be led by the former…

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The Government of Lesotho and the World Bank have signed an agreement to improve student retention in times of COVID-19 in an environment in which boys, particularly from poor households…

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A World Bank report on Inequality in Southern Africa: An Assessment of the Southern African Customs Union examines the process of household income generation to identify the sources of inequality in…

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An additional 6,000 children could die every day from preventable causes over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weaken health systems and disrupt routine services, UNICEF have claimed.…