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L&C Announces Spring 2025 Honors Lists
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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August 1, 2025
GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College is announcing the lists of full- and part-time honors students for the Spring 2025 semester. Students earning a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher out of a possible 4.0 are named to the...
Law Society drags Matekane to court
Lesotho Times
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July 12, 2025
…says suspension of Motinyane is “unconstitutional” Moorosi Tsiane THE Law Society of Lesotho (LSL) has escalated its fight to have the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Advocate Hlalefang Motinyane’s suspension lifted to the Constitutional...
King champions clean energy drive
Lesotho Times
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July 12, 2025
…says Lesotho aims to turn natural resources into engines of economic development Leemisa Thuseho HIS Majesty King Letsie III has called for the urgent transformation of Lesotho’s natural resources, especially its abundant water, into engines of...
US Tariffs Impact African Trade: China Steps In as Key Partner
Mezha
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August 2, 2025
African countries are adapting to new realities related to tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. They are facing some of the highest export duties, creating serious challenges for the continent’s economies. What could have become a...
Mos Margherita In South Africa To Attend G20 Development Ministerial Meeting
MENAFN
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July 18, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Johannesburg, July 19 (IANS) Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita reached the South African city of Johannesburg as he commenced the second leg of his visit to the Kingdom of Lesotho. “High Commissioner...
Lesotho declares unemployment a national disaster
African Insider
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July 11, 2025
Lesotho’s unemployment rate has risen to 30%, up from 22.5% in 2019. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi Lesotho has declared a state of disaster over high unemployment rates. The 2024 Lesotho Labour Force Survey, released last week, puts the country’s...
Lesotho Declares State of Emergency Over U.S. Tariffs
Breitbart
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July 11, 2025
The African nation of Lesotho declared a two-year “state of disaster” this week over “high rates of youth unemployment and job losses,” which have ostensibly been exacerbated by uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Deputy Prime...
Undernutrition Crisis: How Lesotho's Infants Are Falling Behind
Newswise
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July 18, 2025
Newswise — Undernutrition remains one of the leading threats to child health and development in low-income countries, with Sub-Saharan Africa bearing the brunt of this crisis. In Lesotho, childhood stunting rates have risen dramatically, now...
Scalise criticizes Democrats over opposition to cuts in government spending
Florida Parish News - Louisiana
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July 17, 2025
Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) addressed the House Floor in support of his legislation, H.R. 4, known as the Rescissions Act of 2025. Scalise emphasized that House Republicans are committed to returning money to American...
Lesotho Declares National State of Disaster Over Soaring Unemployment
South Africa Today
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July 11, 2025
The government of Lesotho has declared a national state of disaster in response to skyrocketing unemployment, which currently stands at 30%. The announcement comes as the country grapples with severe economic fallout from rising U.S. tariffs and...
Donald Trump makes major new tariff announcement with 95 countries hit - full list
Manchester Evening News
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August 1, 2025
Donald Trump has made another major announcement that will affect countries across the globe. The US president updated his controversial list of tariffs overnight, affecting 95 countries in total. Mr Trump signed an executive order setting the new...
Lesotho declares two-year state of disaster amid US tariff fallout
Africanews
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July 10, 2025
Lesotho has declared a two-year national state of disaster in response to soaring unemployment, triggered by a sharp economic blow from US-imposed tariffs. In April, former US President Donald Trump reinstated a 50% tariff on goods from Lesotho, a...
President Trump meets five African leaders: What commercial interests is he after?
CNBC Africa
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July 10, 2025
In a move that has raised eyebrows across the globe, President Donald Trump is set to introduce tariffs affecting key commodities, including copper, which could see a 50% tariff imposed on all imports. This decision is bound to have profound...
Mos Margherita Meets King Of Eswatini During His Official Visit To African Nation
MENAFN
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July 17, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Mbabane, July 18 (IANS) Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita paid a courtesy call on the King of Eswatini, Mswati-III at Lozitha Palace during his official visit to the African Kingdom.The MoS was...
Donald Trump slaps fresh 15% tariff on Ghana, Nigeria, and other African countries
GhanaWeb
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August 1, 2025
US President Donald Trump, has officially imposed a 15 percent tariff on a number of African countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Mozambique, Mauritius, Malawi, Lesotho, and Madagascar. This means Ghanaian goods entering...
Lesotho Declares State of Disaster Over Unemployment
MENAFN
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July 10, 2025
(MENAFN) Lesotho has announced a two-year state of disaster in response to soaring unemployment rates triggered by US President Donald Trump’s April decision to apply a 50 percent tariff on imports from the African country. This drastic measure...
Church of Jesus Christ releases names of youth, drivers from Lesotho killed in tragic accident
Deseret News - Utah
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July 17, 2025
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has identified the youth and their leaders killed in a tragic multi-vehicle accident in the African nation of Lesotho on June 21 while traveling to a church Young Women activity. Local leaders held a...
Lesotho declares state of disaster amid US tariff uncertainty
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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July 9, 2025
Lesotho has declared a national state of disaster over the country's "high rates of youth unemployment and job losses" as uncertainty over US tariffs hits the landlocked nation. Lesotho was hit by higher tariffs than any other country - 50% - when...
Trump’s Trade War Could Kill Lesotho’s Garment Industry
Sourcing Journal - New York
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July 16, 2025
The tiny southern African nation of Lesotho is watching the days pass with a growing sense of despair—and desperation. As the White House’s “Liberation Day” tariff deadline of Aug. 1 creeps closer with no sign of a deal for the country President...
Lesotho’s textile industry in disaster after Trump tariffs
The Globe and Mail
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July 9, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Workers at the Nien Hsing Textile factory on the outskirts of Maseru, Lesotho. The country received 50 per cent tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump.Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters When Limpho Lefalatsa first learned she had...