The tiny, rural southern African nation of Lesotho is also one of the world's poorest countries. Its exports to the U.S., mostly denim and other textiles used for American brands such as Levi's ...

Only Chinese goods are facing higher US tariffs than exports from Lesotho, which will be charged at 50%. The prince's exit from Sentebale after an internal row has echoes of his decision to step ...

Those cuts have threatened Lesotho’s HIV program and forced it to lay off at least 1,500 health workers — about 7% of the country’s health staff — in what the government has described as a ...

Lesotho faces an economic crisis as the US imposes a 50% tariff on its exports, threatening the textile industry and 12,000 jobs. The abrupt tariff hike is a part of President Trump's global trade ...

The amount of manufactured goods exported from Africa to the United States is minuscule. But for Lesotho, the impact of a stunning 50 percent tariff is enormous. By Patricia Cohen Patricia Cohen ...

"Nobody has ever heard of" Lesotho, Donald Trump said last month with his trademark braggadocio. That's despite the US' diplomatic mission in the Kingdom of Lesotho, a tiny mountainous enclave ...

In Lesotho, which makes denim that goes into U.S.-branded jeans, both the private sector and the government were weighing their next moves. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from London In Lesotho ...

Lesotho granted Elon Musk’s Starlink a 10-year license to operate its satellite network in the tiny southern African mountain kingdom as it seeks to improve ties with the US. The decision marks ...

Lesotho is a small, mountainous country landlocked by South Africa, with a population of about 2.3 million and a per capita GDP of $1,106.5 in 2024. Classified as a lower middle-income country, it ...

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 ...

The Lesotho Economic Update (LEU): Transforming Fiscal Policy into an Engine of Inclusive Growth, released April 7, 2025 by the World Bank, includes a review of recent economic developments, an ...