Baffled Lesotho seeks to engage with US on 'shocking' tariffs

MASERU (Reuters) - Lesotho scrambled to put together a delegation on Friday to head to Washington to engage with the United States on tariffs that risk wiping out nearly half of its exports, its trade minister said, in what could be a death blow to its …

'Don't want to die': Lesotho HIV patients look to traditional medicine

In a sunlit shack on the outskirts of Lesotho's capital Maseru, 34-year-old Lieketseng Lucia Tjatji sits under a black cloth pegged to a tin wall and emblazoned with the head of a lion.  To her left, a wooden table is weighed down by containers of …

Trump's tariffs to hit tiny African country of Lesotho especially hard

An aereal view of Lesotho's capital Maseru

About one in four adults in Lesotho are living with HIV

Lesotho Faces Economic Blow as Trump Slaps 50% Tariff on Imports

Lesotho's clothing industry is the largest employer in the tiny kingdom which fears the impact of new sweeping US ...

Trump's highest tariff will kill tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, economist says

Trump's highest tariff will kill tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, economist says

Its foreign minister told Reuters last month the country, which has one of the highest HIV/AIDS infection rates in the world, was already feeling the impact of the aid cuts as its health sector had been reliant on them. “The biggest losers are Africa …

Trump Imposes Highest ‘Liberation Day’ Tariff, at 50%, on African Kingdom Lesotho

The highest percentage tariff on the list of those released by the White House on Wednesday, intended to help balance America’s trade with the world, was imposed on the small African nation of Lesotho. Lesotho, whose map is completely surrounded by South …