http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/426/ en_GB_uk Lesotho http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/158260/1/ Trade ministers from the world's poorest countries must stand firm this week against WTO moves to further liberalise world trade, a move which has already cost sub-Saharan Africa $272 billion over the last 20 years, says a leading development charity. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/157181/1/ The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, calls for all charges against Lesotho journalist Thabo Thakalekoala to be dropped. These charges include High Treason, a charge that carries the death penalty http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81651 The United Nations World Food Program is teaming up with the world's most popular food blog, Chez Pim, to raise money for small-scale farmers in the Southern African nation of Lesotho. http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79434 In the wake of the most severe drought in 30 years, the kingdom of Lesotho has declared a state of emergency and appealed for international assistance for over 400,000 people in need of urgent food aid. http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/150952/1/ On 24 June 2007, a Public Eye reporter Kabelo Masoabi was assaulted at the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) rally at Makhaleng Ha Ramabanta in the Maseru district. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/75686 Nearly 115 million school-aged children will not be in school on Universal Children's Day today--and not because it's a holiday. To help combat this, the Centre for Development and Population Activities has launched community-based non-formal education programs in three southern African countries. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/73099 The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), Africa’s largest water diversion scheme, was funded on the condition that that poor people in the region would not be made poorer as a result. A decade later, more than 20,000 farmers have been displaced by the two dams completed so far. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/119921/1/ A three day workshop on developing media professionals’ skills to better serve sustainable development was recently organised with UNESCO’s support in the Lebanese capital Beirut. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/67900 Severe food shortages are beginning to hit southern Africa, with Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe worst affected. http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/104476/1/ http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/104523/1/ http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/49936 © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network The largest and smallest countries of Southern Africa--South Africa and Lesotho--have set the pace for destroying both surplus and illicit weapons, demonstrating the feasibility and low-cost of such programs, and creating a model that can be applied elsewhere in Africa, according to an assessment written this month. http://www.learningchannel.org/link/gotolink/addhit/45267 The Netaid World Class encourages students from the developed and the developing world to interact and think of ways to combat poverty. Over 30 students from Palestine, Israel, Brazil, South Africa, Tanzania, Lesotho, Mozambique, and the US came together to discuss issues like child labour, AIDS and education and girls being denied the right to education. http://www.learningchannel.org/link/gotolink/addhit/41044 Secondary education in Zimbabwe and Lesotho need reforms to make the curricula relevant to the needs of rural girls. In Zimbabwe the female proportion of secondary school students has changed little since independence, while in Lesotho girls outnumber boys in educational institutions but cannot find jobs. http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/30395 Five Southern African states could soon be dominated by the United States's business interests and analysts fear that US business will be the only victor if the US negotiators have their way.