Lesotho Under Its New Prime Minister - Time to Think Out of the Box?

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Moeketsi Majoro took over this week as Lesotho's prime minister from the embattled Tom Thabane. How might Dr Majoro break the seemingly perpetual cycle of political instability and economic frailty in the mountain kingdom?

Even before the coronavirus, times were tough in Lesotho. Austerity measures were in place as economic growth was stuck at 1.4%. "We ideally need 10% economic growth," said Moeketsi Majoro as finance minister last November. "Five percent will only just be enough."

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