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Incumbents
Head of state:
King
:
Letsie III
(since February 7, 1996)
[1]
Head of government:
Prime Minister
:
Tom Thabane
(June 16, 2017 to 20 May 2020),
Moeketsi Majoro
(since 20 May 2020).
Events
February 6 –
Lesotho's
First Lady,
Maesiah Thabane
is arrested for murdering her predecessor,
Lipolelo Thabane
in 2017.
[2]
[3]
February 20 – Former prime minister
Thomas Thabane
, 80, of Lesotho is to be charged with his wife's 2017 murder.
[4]
March 11 –
Moshoeshoe Day
, Lesotho
April 18 – Prime Minister Thomas Thabane deploys the army to the streets of Lesotho to restore order.
[5]
April 30 – COVID-19 pandemic: Lesotho is the only African country that has not reported the virus.
[6]
May 8 – Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will step down in July as the country's leader.
[7]
May 13 – COVID-19 pandemic: Lesotho report its first case of the virus, becoming the last country in Africa to do so.
[8]
May 20 -
Moeketsi Majoro
replaces
Thomas Thabane
as
Prime Minister of Lesotho
.
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References
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CIA World Factbook: Lesotho
retrieved 18 Apr 2020
^
Lesotho's Political Drama - One Down, One to Go?
allAfrica, Voice of America, 10 Feb 2020
^
Lesotho's first lady is charged with murdering husband's ex-wife
By Brent Swails and Rapelang Radebe, CNN, 6 Feb 2020, retrieved 20 Feb 2020
^
Lesotho's prime minister to be charged with ex-wife's murder
Al Jazeera, 20 Feb 2020
^
"Thomas Thabane: Lesotho's PM sends army into streets"
.
news.yahoo.com
. Retrieved
April 20,
2020
.
^
"Ghana's virus cases spike 10 days after lockdown is lifted"
.
news.yahoo.com
. Retrieved
May 2,
2020
.
^
Nyasha Chingono and Bukola Adebayo (7 May 2020).
"Lesotho's 80-year-old PM says he's no longer 'energetic' and plans to step down"
.
CNN
. Retrieved
May 9,
2020
.
^
"Lesotho becomes last African nation to confirm a virus case"
.
ABC News
. Retrieved
May 13,
2020
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