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	Lesotho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lesotho's economy is based on exports of water and electricity sold to South Africa, manufacturing, agriculture, livestock, and to some extent the earnings of laborers employed in South Africa.
		Lesotho is a member of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), in which tariffs have been eliminated on the trade of goods between other member countries Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland.
		Lesotho also is active in the United Nations, the African Union, the Nonaligned Movement, the Commonwealth, and many other international organizations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lesotho (1939 words)

	History of Lesotho -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Because Moshoeshoe II initially refused to return to Lesotho under the new rules of the government in which the King was endowed only with ceremonial powers, Moshoeshoe's son was installed as King Letsie III.
		The Government of Lesotho requested that a SADC task force intervene to prevent a military coup and restore stability to the country.
		After stability returned to Lesotho, the SADC task force withdrew from the country in May 1999, leaving only a small task force (joined by (A landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980) Zimbabwean troops) to provide training to the LDF.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_lesotho.htm (1286 words)

	Lesotho - History and Politics
		When the Lesotho government resorted to brutal repressive measures to counter a wave of industrial strikes and public unrest in 1991, it was left isolated in the face of international condemnation.
		Despite the context of democratization and a new political beginning for Lesotho, the election was really about the resolution of the country's bitter political history, and about providing the electorate with the opportunity to pass judgement on the outcome and consequences of the aborted election of 1970.
		The ruling party in Lesotho, however, by virtue of its numerical domination in the assembly was able to pass a parliamentary motion congratulating the government on its action in inviting SADC intervention to restore law and order.
	www.iss.co.za /AF/profiles/Lesotho/Politics.html (11081 words)

	AllRefer.com - Lesotho : History (Lesotho Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		In Jan., 1974, Jonathan accused the BCP of attempting to stage a coup; the party was outlawed and hundreds of its members reportedly killed.
		Armed clashes between the Lesotho Liberation Army (the militarized segment of the BCP) and the government were common throughout the 1970s and 80s.
		In 1997, Mokhehle remained prime minister as he broke from the BCP and founded the Lesotho Congress for Democracy party (LCD), reducing the BCP to the opposition.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/Lesotho-history.html (730 words)

	Learn more about History of Africa in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ethiopia is a distinct, ancient culture with an intermittent history of contact with Eurasia (such as Christianity).
		However, after the desertification of the Sahara, settlement in North Africa became concentrated in the valley of the Nile, where the pre-literate Nomes of Egypt laid a base for the culture of ancient Egypt, usually considered separately from the other cultures of the continent.
		History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /h/hi/history_of_africa.html (4351 words)

	Lesotho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lesotho gained independence from the United Kingdom on October 4, 1966.
		Prime Minister formed a new party, the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), and was followed by a majority of Members of Parliament, which enabled him to form a new government.
		Lesotho has taken advantage of the (AGOA) to become the largest exporter of garments to the U.S. from sub-Saharan Africa.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Lesotho (1901 words)

	CHARLES BRAY's Lesoth Journal
		The kingdom of Lesotho [formerly Basutoland], perched fortress-like on southern Africa.
		Characteristic of the people of Lesotho, the Basotho [or Basoto], are the colored blankets they wear, acting as a shield against both the cold winters and the frequent summer hail and thunderstorms.
		The Basotho were forged as a nation in the early 19 century, croups of smaller tribes fleeing from the relentlessly expanding Zulu nation gathered under the outstanding leadership of King Moshoeshoe I in the sheltering mountains.
	www.greatestcities.com /users/cbray5003/Africa/Lesotho (990 words)

	Lesotho: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lesotho and Swaziland are both examples of this.
		When South Africa began its Bantustan policy, Lesotho, in compliance with the UN resolution condemning this new form of apartheid, refused to recognize the puppet state in Transkei.
		Lesotho made dramatic appeals for international solidarity, requesting aid to resist the blockade.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=69 (1741 words)

	Background Notes: Lesotho
		After attempts at negotiating the king's return to Lesotho failed, Lekhanya announced in November 1990 that a new law would henceforth provide that the king shall be a constitutional monarch and head of state and that King Moshoeshoe had ceased being king and head of state.
		Lesotho's traditional trade routes were complicated by the October 1976 South Africa-sponsored "independence" of the Transkei, which neither Lesotho nor any other UN member recognizes and whose territory Lesotho does not wish to transit.
		Lesotho introduced its own currency in 1980; on a par with the South African rand is the loti (plural: maloti), and 100 lisente equal one loti.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/af/lesotho9011.html (2943 words)

	Lesotho -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 'captive states' of Southern Africa and China: the PRC and Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland.
		Lesotho and the new South Africa: the question of incorporation.
		The late Quaternary landscape at Sehonghong in the Lesotho highlands, southern Africa.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/lesotho_history.asp (1090 words)

	History of Lesotho
		Lesotho gained independence from Britain on October 4, 1966.
		Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the United Kingdom in 1966.
		King MOSHOESHOE was exiled in 1990, but returned to Lesotho in 1992 and reinstated in 1995.
	infotut.com /geography/Lesotho (693 words)

	Lesotho Country Guide - History and Government - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		History: The Basotho only emerged as a nation around 1820 when Moshoeshoe the Great gathered the remnants of tribes scattered by Zulu and Matabele raids and established a stronghold at Butha-Buthe, and later on the mountain of Thaba-Bosiu, about 30km (20 miles) from what is now Maseru.
		From independence to the late 1980s, Lesotho’s politics were dominated by the Basutoland National Party (BNP), a conservatively inclined party initially favouring a policy of accommodation with South Africa, led by Chief Leabua Jonathan.
		In any event, Lesotho’s political options were constrained by South Africa: Pretoria’s closure of the border during 1983, which precipitated severe food shortages within Lesotho, was a telling reminder of South African power.
	www.worldtravelguide.net /data/lso/lso580.asp (664 words)

	Lesotho Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Lesotho's first national park is remote and rugged - this sense of separation from the rest of...
		Although shunted to and from British and Boer control for almost 200 years, Lesotho's path to self-rule was comparatively smooth.
		Landlocked by South Africa, but distanced from it by huge mountain ranges, Lesotho is an often-surprising combination of rapidly-developing modernity and ancient culture.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/africa/lesotho (130 words)

	Lesotho (10/05)
		Lesotho's mission to the United Nations is located at 204 East 39th Street, New York, NY 10016 (tel: 212-661-1690).
		Lesotho's economy is based on water and electricity sold to South Africa, manufacturing, earnings from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), agriculture, livestock, and to some extent earnings of laborers employed in South Africa.
		Lesotho is a member of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) in which tariffs have been eliminated on the trade of goods with other member countries, which include Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2831.htm (2824 words)

	Lesotho - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the United Kingdom on October 4 1966.
		The people from Lesotho speak the Sesotho language, in their Bantu derived, prefix-oriented language.
		However, the vast majority of Lesotho's resources and jobs are directly or indirectly due to foreign investment and ownership in the country.
	www.netlexikon.akademie.de /LS.html (366 words)

	Lesotho Embassy in Washington - Historical Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The move was unfortunate for Lesotho, since the Cape Colony soon began to apply to Lesotho the same laws and methods which it found convenient for administering other areas already annexed by force.
		It soon became impossible to hold the annual national 'pitso' because the population of Lesotho was growing too large and also because the major chiefs tended to oppose one another and undermine the possibility of creating national consensus on major issues.
		Between 1973 and 1985 significant strides were made in Lesotho in expand- ing the school and health systems, in upgrading roads and communications, in training government workers and in securing foreign aid for a multitude of projects.
	www.lesothoemb-usa.gov.ls /profile.htm (4532 words)

	Lesotho
		Lesotho (formerly Basutoland) was constituted a native state under British protection by a treaty signed with the native chief Moshoeshoe in 1843.
		Lesotho faces one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world, leading some demographers to predict that the country's population will begin declining in several years if current trends continue.
		Lesotho: Economy - Economy All land in Lesotho is held by the king in trust for the Sotho nation and is apportioned on...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107714.html (662 words)

	Mountain Voices: oral testimonies from the Maluti Mountains, Lesotho: local themes: history
		The lowlands were becoming overcrowded, land was being degraded and the southern region was becoming desert-like - a factor that goes some way towards explaining the preponderance of people from Lesotho's southern districts in the villages from which testimonies were collected.
		Indeed, the testimonies of most residents seem to support the view that it was primarily good pasture that attracted their grandparents from their homes in Matatiele and other areas in the south.
		One narrator (Lesotho 17b) points out that the present local chief's family are descendants of an immigrant chief called Tsapane who, after leaving Matatiele, settled in Mpharane in the Mohale's Hoek district for a while.
	www.mountainvoices.org /L_th_History.asp (623 words)

	African Off Road Tours - Lesotho sani pass roof of africa dirt bike tours
		By virtue of its topographical isolation, Lesotho has managed largely to avoid many of the recent wars, racist policies and political instability that has plagued most of the African continent this century.
		Although, like most of Africa, Lesotho is a struggling Third World nation, it has built for itself a reputation for dependable tourism.
		Lesotho is situated almost entirely in the Drakensberg mountains and in many parts the only way to get around is on horseback on the sturdy mountain ponies.
	www.africanoffroadtours.com /lesotho.htm (336 words)

	The History of Lesotho
		Although it is a young independent nation, Lesotho’s history goes back millions of years.
		A very rural country, the land that is Lesotho was first inhabited by small groups of people from the Nguni branch of the Bantu family, the Mapolane, the Maphetla and the Baphuthi.
		In 1966 the Kingdom of Lesotho became a fully independent nation, and the present monarch, King Letsie III is a great grandson of King Moshoeshoe I. The Basotho nation was forged by their first king, Moshoeshoe the Great.
	www.seelesotho.com /travel/info/history.htm (1002 words)

	Lesotho: Church Statements
		Lesotho government and opposition representatives are reported to be meeting on October 2, along with mediators from South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, to discuss conditions for recovery and for withdrawal of the South African and Botswanan troops.
		The Christian Council of Lesotho had organized the ecumenical monitoring team in conjunction with the different denominations of the Small Kingdom of 2 million people together with the Fellowship of Councils of Churches in Eastern and Southern Africa (FOCCESA) represented by its secretariat EDICESA.
		By 10:00 am, the National Radio of Lesotho had announced that some of the polling stations in the northern surbubs were through with the voting process but in some areas, especially in the mountains (rural areas), very few people had come for voting.
	www.africaaction.org /docs98/les9809.htm (2450 words)

	History (from Lesotho) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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		The small southern African kingdom of Lesotho is completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa, though separated from it by formidable mountains.
		History is a science—a branch of knowledge that uses specific methods and tools to achieve its goals.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-214038 (787 words)

	Faculty of Humanities - History Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The course aims to introduce students to the basics of methodology and historiography and writing history or a paper in history and, therefore, forms the foundation for ‘doing history’.
		The expansion of Europe and its consequences for societies in Africa; the response of African societies; modern Nationalist movements and the struggle for independence; the growth of the new nations of Africa; Pan-Africanism and African unity; African Socialism, Neocolonialism, Socialist Africa; Africa’s relations with the rest of the world.
		The course deals with the history of Western political thought from the Greeks to the present, as well as the polical ideas of Third World thinkers.
	www.nul.ls /faculties/humanities/history.htm (704 words)

	Lesotho
		Lesotho is the only country in the world that is totally landlocked inside another country's border, lying in the east-central portion of South Africa.
		Lesotho has a handful of television and radio stations, most of which being educational, and is continuing to add to the list.
		Lesotho," is state run, but the other five stations located in Lesotho are privately owned.
	djwagoner.iweb.bsu.edu /world.html (1561 words)

	National University of Lesotho - Thomas Mofolo Library
		The history of the Library is closely associated with that of the University, which was initially founded as the Pius XII College, in April, 1945 (see history of NUL below).
		This is due to the University's historical relationship that exists with the University of Botswana and the University of Swaziland (The three countries were ruled together by the British during the colonial rule).
		The National University of Lesotho (NUL), situated about 34km from Maseru, the Capital of the Kingdom of Lesotho, has its origin back to 8th April, 1945 when a Catholic University College, the Pius XII College, was founded at Roma by the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of Southern Africa.
	uts.cc.utexas.edu /~jrubarth/world/lesotho/lesotho.html (1303 words)

	A short history of Lesotho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During the eighteenth century Sotho tribes arive in what is now Lesotho.
		After an attempt to seize power, Letsie III abdicates in 1995 in favor of his father, but after his death in 1996 he is again succeeded by his son, Letsie III.
		Before the 2002 elections the electoral system is changed and though the LCD wins these elections, the new parliament includes representatives of the opposition parties.
	www.electionworld.org /history/lesotho.htm (348 words)

	HISTORY, Lesotho Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
		Lesotho exists because of the determined efforts of one man, Moshoeshoe I (1786-1870), to secure land for his people in the face of intense social upheaval and the insatiable land-hunger of others.
		The missionaries established what is now the Lesotho Evangelical Church, second in size only to the Catholics in Lesotho, whose missionaries founded Roma in the 1860s.
		The kingdom was encroached upon by land-hungry whites from the 1840s, and the Orange Free State (OFS) government invaded in 1858, their soldiers destroying Morija and then launching a failed attack on Thaba Bosiu.
	www.infohub.com /destinations/africa-&-middle-east/Lesotho/106868.htm (1173 words)

	Lesotho - Home page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During the 1820's, a period when great numbers of refuges were fleeing from Zulu expansionism, Lesotho came together as a nation, it was united by military and diplomatic strategist, Moshoeshoe the first, who built a kingdom which covered the Caledon River and Lesotho, this was done by the 1850's.
		His downfall was a result of his flirtation with Mozambique and Cuba, and his alleged support of the ANC guerrillas as due to the fact that they were granted sanctuary in Lesotho, relations between Lesotho and South Africa deteriorated.
		Lesotho remains a political and economic hostage of South Africa, and much of the wholesale and retail trade within the country is South African owned, the platform on which Jonathan came to power at independence, remained basically the same.
	www.africanet.com /africanet/country/lesotho (483 words)

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