The Reporter - Lesotho

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The team is providing cancer-related surgical services, clinical mentorship and training to strengthen local healthcare professionals’ skills and improve oncology services in Lesotho. It is working with Senkatana Oncology Clinic

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The Ministry of Health in collaboration with Partners In Health is hosting oncology specialists from the United States at Queen ’Mamohato Memorial Hospital from October 19 to 23.

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The court said judges are not parties to litigaton in their personal capacities merely because a litigant seeks their recusal. It found that naming them personally amounted to misjoinder and risked undermining judicial independence by attempting to create a conflict of interest.

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The High Court Court (Constitutional Division) has dismissed Justice 'Maseforo Mahase's application to have three judges recused from hearing her case challenging her suspension and the appointmnet of a tribunal in connection with the matter.

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In a written judgement issued on Octtober 13, 2026, Justices Boissie Henry Mbha, Ivy Chatha and Latifa Mansoor said Justice Mahase's decision to cite the judges in their personal capacities as respondents was procedurally defective and an abuse of court process.

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“I started therapy four weeks ago, and I was healing. But whenever anyone from Lesotho, either COMPOL or the Minister of Police speaks, it takes me two weeks back,” Boloetse said.

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Journalist and human rights activist, Kananelo Boloetse, has pleaded with the government to establish a commission of inquiry to uncover the truth about what happened on the day of his abduction last month.

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He noted that he started therapy four weeks ago and was gradually healing, but statements made by Commissioner of Police (COMPOL) Advocate Borotho Matsoso and the Minister of Police, VoeswaTsheka, continued to affect his recovery.

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The Lesotho Network of AIDS Service Organizations (LENASO), supported under the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, briefed WHO Representative @IBNuwagira on its work on the Tobacco and Related Products Bill, and raised concerns about young people’s easy access to tobacco and nicotine products.

#Lesotho #HealthForAll

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Lesotho Meteorological Services will celebrate World Ozone Day on October 24.
The event aims to raise awareness about the importance of the ozone layer, the threats it faces and ways to protect it.

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According to a government statement, Matekane will join a community of ministers, CEOs, sovereign wealth leaders, academics and civil society voices who are shaping the future of global investment.

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Prime Minister Sam Matekane will be among world leaders converging in Doha, Qatar from October 25-27, for the World Investment Forum.

The conference will held under the theme, ‘Investing in the Future’.

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UNDP, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry & @UNEP are supporting waste characterisation & AI-powered waste categorisation to strengthen data-driven waste management.

With support from Japan, this work can help advance recycling, composting, livelihoods& a circular economy.

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The projected 2027 growth rate is 3.7 percentage points below the 4.5 percent forecast for sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting the comparatively weak growth outlook for the Mountain Kingdom.

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Lesotho’s economic growth is projected to slow to 0.8 percent in 2027, widening the gap between the country’s economic performance and the sub-Saharan African average, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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The IMF’s October 2026 World Economic Outlook projections show that Lesotho’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth was expected to decline from 1.5 percent in 2025 to 1.1 percent in 2026, before falling further to 0.8 percent next year.

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Below-average rainfall and prolonged dry spells could limit crop development and reduce yields, particularly for maize, which is highly sensitive to moisture stress,” the report states.

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Food insecurity is expected to persist in Lesotho’s Southern Lowlands, Senqu River Valley and Mountain regions through January 2027, with some poor households likely to face crisis-level food shortages following a below-average 2026 harvest

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“The situation is likely to worsen amid forecasts of a late and below-average rainy season between October 2026 and March 2027, influenced by anticipated strong El Niño conditions.