Voters in Lesotho began casting ballots on Saturday in elections for national assembly members in three constituencies and for local government leaders across the landlocked southern African nation.

In Lesotho's national assembly, 80 seats are won through "first-past-the-post" voting and the rest allocated using proportional representation, under which parties get seats based on their total ...

Provides an overview of Lesotho, including key facts about this small country in southern Africa. BBC Homepage. ... His party won 56 out of the 120 seats in the National Assembly.

Lipholo is the sole BCM lawmaker in Lesotho’s 120-seat National Assembly. The return of Basothos’ lands was the party’s top campaign issue ahead of national elections last year and is a ...

A 25-year-old Lesotho national, Bereng Lesuoa, has been sentenced to five years of direct imprisonment after being convicted of robbery in the North West province. The sentence was handed down on ...

Lipholo is the sole BCM lawmaker in Lesotho’s 120-seat National Assembly. If his motion passes in the assembly, it would kick off a process that could see the territorial claim turned into law.

In a powerful collaboration aimed at rekindling national unity and reviving the spirit of the Basotho nation, Vodacom Premier ...

Lesotho's prime minister, Moeketsi Majoro, has declared a state of emergency after legislators failed to pass two crucial bills that sought to end political volatility in Parliament. The bills passed ...

The reform was initiated at the behest of the Southern African Development Community in 2014 with a view to restoring security, peace and political stability in Lesotho. But the National Assembly ...

The Parliament of the Kingdom of Lesotho's National Assembly will, after the Christmas break, discuss a proposed motion on the reclamation of some parts of South Africa. According to a government ...

Classified as a lower middle-income country, it gained independence from Britain in October 1966. Lesotho is a constitutional monarchy with a King as Head of State, and a parliament comprising a ...

Provides an overview of Lesotho, including key facts about this small country in southern Africa. BBC Homepage. ... His party won 56 out of the 120 seats in the National Assembly.