Lesotho

Lesotho leads the continent in the number of suicides, followed by Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast, according to recent study by Forensic Medicine Unit of Anatomopathology Department of Treichville University Hospital Centre in Ivory Coast

Democratic Congress, the main opposition party, will hold an elective conference to choose a new national executive committee at the end of the month

A rabies outbreak in the country has let authorities to start a massive vaccination campaign; deaths have been reported after bites of stray dogs

Anti-corruption investigators raided three principal secretaries allegedly implicated in a M100 million road repair scandal

Radio presenter Abiel Sebolai was allegedly beaten and injured by a mob of Socialist Revolutionaries supporters, suspectedly drunk, after he tried to take pictures of their cars which belonged to the Ministry of Local Government

The Watershed Planning Unit was in Ha-Likoabe for the ReNoka movement, which means We Are a River, a national program involving citizens in land and water restoration in Lesotho and the Senqu-Orange River Basin

For Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project two contracts have been signed with the South African Department of Water and Sanitation; 5.000 jobs are expected to be created once work begins on the construction of the Polihali dam

The city of Maseru has experienced rapid urbanisation and a growth of informal settlements that has led to an increase in the population living in slum conditions, both central and local authorities have reported

A confidential report indicating the presence of harmful levels of toxic mining effluents in Lesotho's main rivers has raised uncomfortable questions in government

Lesotho's electoral authorities claim they incorrectly allocated parliamentary seats after the 7 October elections, asking the country's Supreme Court to change the allocations and halt the first sitting of the legislature

Financial services provider Letshego Group has launched a new digital wellness programme, LetsGo Digital Wellbeing, which aims to offer users affordable health solutions

Amnesty International has brought attention to what it calls "a dangerous pattern of human rights violations, including torture, unlawful killings and excessive use of force by members of the security forces" in the country

Residents of Ha-Tṥosane have approached the Constitutional Court for an order to bar the Maseru City Council from dumping garbage at a dumpsite in the area, aiming at declaring the practice a violation of their rights to a safe and healthy environment