And the country's political landscape has proved just as uneven as the famously mountainous terrain of the country known as the "kingdom in the sky". Lesotho is an enclave completely surrounded by ...

Neither Mr Thabane nor his wife have been charged. It says something about the separation of judicial and political power in Lesotho that a prime minister can be wanted for questioning but the ...

The vote is being held around two years ahead of schedule under a political deal brokered by South African deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa. Lesotho has been on a political knife-edge since August ...

Lesotho is a safe destination, but it's wise to take basic precautions and respect local customs, like dressing modestly in ...

Lesotho lawyer Lihaelo Molapo challenges South Africa’s Legal Practice Act in a bid to practice law, arguing that the law is ...

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum ... world's poor countries fight climate change in a speech to Lesotho's Parliament and repeated his hope that Africa ...

Since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1966, Lesotho has suffered from political instability. Justice, public services and security agencies suffer from corruption and abuses of ...

Germany's president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has ended his four-day visit to Africa with a trip to the mountainous kingdom of Lesotho. Arriving wasn't as straightforward as in most places.