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SAPS intensifies probe into alleged Basotho Military Camps in South Africa
IOL
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The South African Police Service (SAPS) is intensifying efforts to dismantle organised crime operations and address recent allegations made by Lesotho’s Police Commissioner, Advocate Borotho Matsoso, regarding possible illegal camps in South...
SA crime intelligence intensifies investigations into allegations of illegal military training camps linked to Lesotho
Eye Witness News
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JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s crime intelligence division has intensified investigations into allegations that illegal military training camps linked to Lesotho are operating within the country. This follows claims made earlier this week by...
Trump’s latest Liberation Day means another dark day for America
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 1, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Police crime intelligence on high alert over alleged plan to reclaim 'land stolen' from Lesotho — Masemola
Times LIVE
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The police crime intelligence division is investigating allegations of Basotho nationals undergoing military-style training on South African farms to reclaim land “stolen” from the mountain kingdom. This comes after Lesotho police chief advocate...
Political instability deterring investors
Lesotho Times
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July 22, 2025
. . . AfDB’s latest report on Lesotho advises Mohloai Mpesi POLITICAL instability and the politicisation of security institutions have been identified as the major factors undermining investor confidence in Lesotho. This is according to the...
MoS Margherita meets Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, discusses bilateral ties and issues related to G20
Mangalorean
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July 26, 2025
MoS Margherita meets Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, discusses bilateral ties and issues related to G20 Cape Town (South Africa): Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, held a meeting with Alexander Pankin, the...
Opposition faults Letsoela, Matekane’s close ties
Lesotho Times
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August 1, 2025
…As LDF Commander secures another 3-year term Mohloai Mpesi OPPOSITION parties have expressed deep concern over the reappointment of Lieutenant General Mojalefa Letsoela as the Commander of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF). Lt-Gen Letsoela has been...
Trump sama Nigeria, Ghana and odas fresh tariffs - full list of kontris
GhanaWeb
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August 1, 2025
President of di United States don announce fresh tariffs for more than 90 kontris as im continue to dey drive reset how global trade don dey happun. Di list of revised tariffs don show say di tariffs dey in line wit di US president Trump im policy...
Trump hikes tariff on Nigerian exports
Punch
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August 1, 2025
Nigeria, along with some other African countries, has been hit with a 15 per cent import tariff under a fresh executive order issued by United States President, Donald Trump. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the announcement came on Thursday as part...
'Our people are denied medical care': Lesotho youth leader demands action for Basotho in South Africa
IOL
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President of the Democratic Congress Youth League in the Kingdom of Lesotho, Pheello Sehlabaka, is calling on the government in Maseru to intervene and assist Basotho based in South Africa, faced with numerous problems, including access to medical...
South Africa silent on Lesotho rebel army allegations
African Insider
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July 25, 2025
Lesotho Commissioner of Police Borotho Matsoso at the extraordinary media briefing last week alleging there were illegal military camps on farms in South Africa. Photo from Lesotho Mounted Police Service Facebook page. Following an extraordinary...
Lesotho claims there are illegal military training camps on SA farms
African Insider
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July 21, 2025
Commissioner of Police Borotho Matsoso says a group called Malata Naha is recruiting and giving military training to Basotho youths on South African farms. Photo from Lesotho Mounted Police Service Facebook page. Lesotho security chiefs warned...
Trump: executive order on tariffs signed last night just before deadline
AvioNews
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August 1, 2025
Before midnight in the United States (around 1 a.m. in Italy), president Donald Trump signed the executive order imposing tariffs on partner countries, thus meeting the August 1st deadline. He then announced that the tariffs will go into effect at...
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Trump Unveils New Tariff Rates, Delays Implementation Until Aug. 7
Investopedia
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President Donald Trump late Thursday revealed new tariff rates on dozens of U.S. trading partners, but delayed their implementation by nearly a week. In an executive order, Trump pushed back the import duties to Aug. 7 from his self-imposed...
India, France Strengthen Ties: MoS Margherita Holds Talks With French Minister At G20 DMM
ABP Live
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July 25, 2025
Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, met with Thani Mohamed-Soilihi, France’s Minister of International Partnerships, on the sidelines of the G20 Development Ministers’ Meeting (DMM) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Both...
MoS Margherita meets French Minister for International Partnerships on sidelines of G20 DMM
Mangalorean
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July 25, 2025
MoS Margherita meets French Minister for International Partnerships on sidelines of G20 DMM Johannesburg: Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, met with Thani Mohamed-Soilihi, France’s Minister of International...
In a country Trump says nobody’s heard of, tariffs bring chaos
Mint
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August 1, 2025
Trump, who publicly disparaged Lesotho as a place “nobody has ever heard of," has threatened the tiny southern African country with 50% tariffs, among the highest rates proposed for any single nation or territory. Lesotho’s garment exporters are...
US tariffs cripple Lesotho’s garment industry: FT
Al Mayadeen
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July 24, 2025
Lesotho’s garment industry faces collapse as Trump’s tariffs and aid cuts undermine AGOA trade preferences and threaten the country’s fragile economy. An opinion piece published by the Financial Times (FT) on Thursday suggests that Lesotho, once a...
Lesotho's jockeys saddle up for mountain horse racing
Modern Ghana
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Swathed in vibrant woollen blankets against the biting winter chill, jockeys -- some no more than boys -- thundered down a dusty track carved between the undulating hills of the tiny kingdom of Lesotho. Spectators lining the ridges cheered on the...
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...