Friday, 13 November 2026 · Compared with the world
LesothoLimited data
Lesotho · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov
Seen from inside and outside
How the world sees this country this week: the news abroad, pictures and videos.
Lesotho ( lih-SOO-too; Sotho pronunciation: [lɪˈsʊːtʰʊ]), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Surrounded by South Africa, it is the largest of the three sovereign, non-exclave enclaves in the world. Lesotho is located in the Maloti Mountains, with the highest peak in southern Africa. It has an area of over 30,000 km2 (11,600 mi2), with a population of about 2.3 million. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho was formed in 1824 by King Moshoeshoe I.
- Lesotho Participates in International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference in Qatar to Advance Key…africa-newsroom.com
- Lesotho To Purchase 20 Kiira Motors Buses As President Museveni Pledges Five Moremediacentre.go.ug
- Lesotho : heure, chaîne et où regarder le matchgaboneco.com
- Éliminatoires CAN 2027 : un remaniement de l'effectif gabonais avant le Lesotho -gabonactu.com
Pictures
Sani Pass on the border is a tourist attraction.Vaiz Ha · CC BY 2.0 
Primary school classMichael Denne from Hobart, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0 
National University of LesothoK. Kendall · CC BY 2.0 
King Moshoeshoe I with his ministersBensusan Museum anon · Public domain 
Lesotho mountainsParamente Phamotse · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Ministry of DefenceYmblanter · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons
On YouTube
Lesotho · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov
Who’s in the news
The people and organizations named in the most news stories about this place this week.
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Discussion
Lesotho · Friday, 13 November 2026
Trending
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
Rising
Nothing stood out here today.
Top today
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What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 185 articles that mention the country over the last 7 days. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
How the news sounds
- Tone+0.8positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.5The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.7× usual2.0 words per 1,000usually 2.7The GDELT Project
- Fear0.9× usual0.5 words per 1,000usually 0.5The GDELT Project
- Anger0.9× usual3.7 words per 1,000usually 4.0The GDELT Project
- Sadness0.9× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 6.1The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual5.7 words per 1,000usually 6.0The GDELT Project
News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.
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By category
Sports
Original by User:Ina96, CC BY-SA 3.0
Industries here
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Economy
- Inflation2.9%Jul 2026 · −0.8 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Unemployment16.3%2025 · −0.0 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- GDP growth2.0%2025 · −3.2 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
Data credits: Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.