The Social Protection Program and Systems Review acknowledges progress in social protection programs but also suggests a range of policy options to increase fiscal savings and improve program coverage and effectiveness

Central Bank of Lesotho, noting the negative impact of the South African energy crisis on Lesotho's economy, has decided to moderately raise the interest rate by 25 basis points, from 7 to 7,25% per annum, to counter the inflation rate

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