After a review of Lesotho's overall fiscal perfomamance IMF has awarded $4-million for poverty reduction. Lesotho was awarded special drawing rights after it's economy performed as expected by the IMF.

The Kingdom of Lesotho will go to the polls on 25 May to elect a new national assembly of 120 members. Head of State, King Letsie III, ended months of speculation when he announced the general election date this week.

A mystery surrounding disappearance of some court files in the Lesotho High Court is threatening the country's judicial system at the time a speedy trials bill is finding passage in the National Assembly.

The Africa Development Fund has approved a US$8,03-million loan and a US$1,25-million technical assistance grant to help finance health sector reforms in Lesotho.

In this strong interview, the narrator speaks movingly about her land and the impending move, and especially about being separated from those who look out for her – the informal support network. Her husband died recently and perhaps this has added to her sadness about moving. Some statements are almost biblical in their cadence and style, for example: “It will remain as a rock on my heart when I think of the place that I am being removed from”, and “Truly we do not know as to what caused these dams in the land of God.”

The narrator starts by giving a brief history of the village. When first asked about resettlement he is positive about it. He considers that more people will benefit from than be hurt by the project. He says that the water project has promised 50 years of compensation, and says that if this is not correct he will complain to the government. However, he regrets leaving such good pastures for animals, and leaving behind ancestors’ graves.

Lesotho's general elections are on track to be held around April 2002, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said in its latest update.

The excesses resulting from South Africa's 1998 military intervention in Lesotho have been largely forgiven by the Basotho.

Lesotho is facing a "silent emergency" as drought-induced food shortages hit poor households in the tiny mountain kingdom, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday.

Just after handing a torn plastic bag full of two cents coins to the education ministry officials in protest of a two per cent salary increase, a strong call has been made by unionists to "remove those in power" in order to save the country's education.

With the introduction of its own national internet hub, Lesotho has cut the umbilical cord with South Africa. The authors of this week's story (for names see the end of the article) describe how this was achieved and Lesotho's future ambitions in this field.

Multinational companies are about to go on trial in Lesotho accused of paying huge bribes to a local official, a case virtually unprecedented in Africa.

On 14 March 2001, Lesotho's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced the country's long awaited general elections will be held in 2002. The IEC chairman, Hon. Leshele Thoahlane announced that eligible voters would be able to register to vote between 13 August and 9 September 2001 at 1300 registration centres across the country. The final voters' list is expected to be completed by the end of January 2002. Thoahlane has declared that at least five months were needed before the registration period to allow for the purchase and dissemination of voter manuals, training materials and registration equipment and, moreover, to conduct a country-wide voter education campaign.