Lesotho : News

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Stephen Appiah claims the Black Stars are still hungry for success after a qualifying campaign which has not gone as planned. (AllAfrica)

Milovan Rajevac is searching for the right striking force for Ghana's crucial qualifier against Lesotho but the three men he is most likely to choose from say they have no sense of competition. (AllAfrica)

Ghanaian legend Abedi Ayew Pele says the Black Stars must be confident but cautious ahead of their crucial World Cup qualifier against Lesotho on Saturday. (AllAfrica)

Black Stars deputy captain John Mensah has warned his team mates Lesotho will not come easy as they seek all three points on Saturday. (AllAfrica)

Following Thabo Mbeki's abrupt resignation as South African president last month, there has been much speculation about the possibility and desirability of a new political party emerging from disgruntled ruling party members. (AllAfrica)

With domestic football in recess due to the World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations qualifier games this weekend, soccer fans in Free State will not be short of action with the annual Macufe Cup tournament being the centre of attraction in the province on Sunday. (AllAfrica)

In November 2004, the government of the Kingdom of Lesotho introduced an non-contributory old age pension scheme, in keeping with one of the Millennium Development Goals of poverty alleviation by the year 2015 ...

The Ghana Black Stars are close to making their second successive World Cup appearance as they host their Lesotho counterparts in their twin (World\African cup) campaign, at Essipong, this Sunday. (AllAfrica)

Milovan Rajevac took his Black Stars players through their paces for the first time on Monday ahead of their 2010 World Cup qualifier against Lesotho at the Essipong Stadium in Sekondi on Saturday. (AllAfrica)

Some foreign leaders have recently extended their warm congratulation to China over the successful mission of the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft.

Ghanaian President John Kufuor, who has assumed the chairmanship of the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, on Thursday officially opened the 6th ACP heads of state and government summit in the Ghanian ...

"Violence against women and children is unfortunately still increasing in the country," said the Inspector General of the Namibian Police when he officially opened the country's 15th Women and Child Protection Unit, in Rehoboth on Friday. (AllAfrica)

The CEO of National Heritage Council, Sonwabile Mancotywa, says the Musina area in Limpopo - which borders South Africa and Zimbabwe - will be recognised as a shining example of the values of ubuntu.

Today is Saturday, October 4, the 278th day of 2008. There are 88 days left in the year.

CNN reported yesterday that a honking big diamond was discovered at the Letseng Mine in the Kingdom of Lesotho.

Milovan Rajevac's squad for the 2010 World Cup qualifier against Lesotho reflects what many consider to be Ghana's weakness but the 24-man squad is short on the radical changes that had been predicted. (AllAfrica)

MCC CEO Ambassador John Danilovich today announced that during the month of September alone the agency has obligated more than $2.55 billion in MCC economic development assistance to five partner countries. MCC’s poverty reduction grants to Lesotho, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique and Tanzania have entered into force. MCC’s total commitment to fighting poverty worldwide to date exceeds $6.5 billion, with compact agreements signed with 18 countries. (AllAfrica)

Laryea Kingston will miss Ghana's final World Cup qualifier against Lesotho through suspension. (AllAfrica)

ASEC Abidjan goalkeeper Daniel Yeboah will not be called up by Milovan Rajevac for the 2010 World Cup qualifier against Lesotho because he is ineligible to play for Ghana. (AllAfrica)

Ambassador Miguel Gaspar Fernandes Neto will present on Thursday, in Maseru City, to His Majesty King Letsie III, the credentials that accredit him as the head of the Angolan diplomatic mission to the Kingdom of Lesotho. (AllAfrica)

September 23, 2008 London-Mining company Gem Diamonds, in cooperation with the government of the Kingdom of Lesotho, recovered a 478-carat diamond from a mine in the African kingdom, the company announced ...

Ghana will play its final 2010 World Cup qualifier against Lesotho at the Sekondi Stadium on 11 October instead of the earlier 12 October date. (AllAfrica)

Road traffic signposts worth over Frw180 million have so far been stolen off the roads, The New Times has learnt. According to Dominique Rurangirwa, the Legal Officer in the department of Transport in the Ministry of Infrastructure, about 100 signposts have so far disappeared. (AllAfrica)

A diamond unearthed in the southern African nation of Lesotho could yield one of the largest and highest quality round polished diamonds, according to a statement Monday from company that found it.

Ghana's crucial 2010 World Cup qualifier against Lesotho will be played on a Saturday instead of the traditional Sunday match day that the Black Stars are used to after world football governing body FIFA directed that all of Africa's final first group matches must be played on the same day. (AllAfrica)

South Africa will continue to work with the Republic of Burundi to ensure that it meets its guarantees of peace and stability, President Thabo Mbeki said on Thursday.

Brig-Gen. Buba Marwa has brought his midas touch to bear in the resolution of the diplomatic row between Nigeria and Lesotho, with the latter's apology on Thursday for her action against Nigerians. (AllAfrica)

HA TSIU, Makoanyane Letsoara, a subsistence farmer in Ha Tsiu, a village 100km east of Maseru, capital of Lesotho, is in his forties and the sole supporter of his family of six - his mother, wife, children and ...

Mantseuoa Rantho has been feeding her family on credit. "We call it living on skoloto [credit] in Sesotho," she says. She now owes her neighbours in Ha Tsiu, a village tucked away in Lesotho's Thaba Putsoa Mountains, 100km east of the capital, Maseru, three bowls of maize-meal. (AllAfrica)

Makoanyane Letsoara, a subsistence farmer in Ha Tsiu, a village 100km east of Maseru, capital of Lesotho, is in his forties and the sole supporter of his family of six - his mother, wife, children and younger siblings. (AllAfrica)

Mantseuoa Rantho has been feeding her family on credit. "We call it living on skoloto [credit] in Sesotho," she says.