April 05
Africa: South Africa's Crucial Water Supplies From Lesotho - What the Six-Month Shutdown Means for Industry, Farming and Residents
The main water supply to South Africa's economic hub, greater Johannesburg in the Gauteng province, and to the country's breadbasket in the Free State, is scheduled to be cut off… Read more »
August 03, 2023
Lesotho: Dinosaur Tracksite in Lesotho - How a Wrong Turn Led to an Exciting Find
I am a poor navigator. This is not an easy thing for a field geologist to admit. We need to be able to find our planned area of interest in good time and make our way back to our… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Lesotho: Lesotho's Election Brought Change. Six Things Needed to Promote Peace and Democracy
Lesotho's 2022 general election, its tenth since its independence from Britain in 1966, was unique in more ways than one. Read more »
October 20, 2022
Lesotho: New Leaders Will Have to Deal With Political Discontent
The southern African kingdom of Lesotho went to the polls on 7 October 2022. Or at least some of its voters did. Turnout was at an all-time low of 38% of registered voters. Many… Read more »
Lesotho: New Leaders Have a Lot of Work - and Convincing - to Do After Elections
The southern African kingdom of Lesotho went to the polls on 7 October 2022. Or at least some of its voters did. Turnout was at an all-time low of 38% of registered voters. Many… Read more »
October 14, 2022
Lesotho: Lesotho Elections - Newcomers Score Impressive Win, but Politics Will Still Be Unstable
The 2022 national elections in Lesotho will go down in the country's history as among the most eventful. A party formed only six months ahead of the legislative election,… Read more »
October 05, 2022
Lesotho: Lesotho Bungles Political Reforms, Risking Fresh Bout of Instability After 2022 Poll
The Kingdom of Lesotho - a small landlocked country in southern Africa with a population of 2.1 million people - has failed to introduce key political reforms needed to bring… Read more »
July 06, 2022
Kenya: Why U.S.-Kenya Cooperation On Wildlife and Drug Trafficking Matters
Kenya and the United States have worked very closely against terrorism since the targeting of the American embassy in Nairobi in 1998 by Al-Qaeda. But much less debated is US-Kenya… Read more »
July 04, 2022
Lesotho: Elections Due in October Despite Lack of Progress On Key Political Reforms
Lesotho is due to hold national elections in mid-October. The polls were expected to be held under a new constitutional regime resulting from a reform process that started in 2012.… Read more »
June 09, 2022
Southern Africa: What Lesotho Can Teach Eswatini and South Africa About Key Political Reforms
Two southern African countries, South Africa and Eswatini, are undergoing important reforms. South Africa is reviewing its electoral system while Eswatini is revisiting the powers… Read more »