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Investment: Lesotho is touting a proposed $6.2 billion (about R100 billion) US-backed Kobong hydropower and AI data-centre project as its largest foreign investment. It remains at the feasibility stage, with a 12-month study underway. Infrastructure: Prime Minister Ntsokoane Matekane has launched construction of a 55-kilometre road linking Makhoabeng and Sekiring in Thaba-Tseka. The M1.5 billion project is expected to take 30 months, with 15% reserved for local contractors. Regional Trade: Lesotho plans to buy 20 buses from Uganda’s Kiira Motors, while President Yoweri Museveni has pledged five more. Football: Sierra Leonean officials will oversee Lesotho’s AFCON qualifier against Gabon on November 17, with Sulaiman Santio Kamara appointed referee. Child Nutrition: A proposed five-year project to tackle stunting is expected to begin in 2027 and target six districts.

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Oct. 12, 2026

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Lesotho national receives life sentence despite confessing to girlfriend's murder

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2 Sierra Leonean Officials to Take Charge of Lesotho-Gabon AFCON Qualifier

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Publication Location	Sierra Leone, Freetown
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Lesotho’s R100bn investment deal with US firm Convalt repositions ties with Washington and Pretoria

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PAN-AFRICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION, SOVEREIGNTY, AND INTRA-AFRICAN TRADE: LESSONS FROM UGANDA’S INDUSTRIAL DRIVE AND LESOTHO’S BUS ACQUISITION- Fred M’membe

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Nov. 11, 2026

STANDARD LESOTHO BANK LIFESTYLE FESTIVAL MOVES TO NEW VENUE

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Lesotho News Agency

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Year Founded	1985
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Nov. 10, 2026

LESOTHO STEPS UP EFFORTS TO COMBAT CHILD STUNTING

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Lesotho News Agency

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Nov. 10, 2026

Lesotho to purchase 20 Kiira Motors buses as Museveni pledges five more

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Year Founded	2004
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Domain Registration Year	2019
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Publication Location	Uganda, Kampala
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Nov. 10, 2026

Uganda’s Kiira Motors Secures Lesotho Bus Order as Museveni Pledges Five Additional Vehicles

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Domain Registration Year	2007
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Publication Location	United States, Maryland, Hyattsville
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