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Village Health Workers Bridge the Gap in Unmet Family Planning Needs

10 April 2024 by Limpho Sello  Est Read Time: 5 min(s) 60 sec(s) Listen to this article: Villagers in Maloraneng, Mokhotlong, urge Lesotho authorities to open a health post constructed by Letšeng Diamonds Mine as part of its corporate social responsibility several years ago. Photo Credit: Fredrick Mugira. “It gives me [...]

Water polluted by Letšeng mine poses deadly risk to infants, probe uncovers

08 April 2024 by Pascalinah Kabi This investigation was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Centre.  Est Read Time: 8 min(s) 33 sec(s) Listen to this article: Infants who consume water from Maloraneng Stream could face a potentially deadly threat – suffocation induced by hemoglobinemia disease. This is according to a government [...]

UNFPA Support Bolsters Reproductive Health Services in Molikaliko Health Centre Catchment

03 April 2024 by Limpho Sello  Est Read Time: 6 min(s) 8 sec(s) Listen to this article: Molikaliko Health Centre’s Nurse in Charge, Mabokang Damane-Ntsie, discusses the center’s improved access to contraceptives, courtesy of donations from UNFPA, facilitating better Sexual and Reproductive Health services. 32-year-old ‘Mamolemo Fako’s phone alarm rings, reminding [...]

Lesotho’s Toxic Diamonds

2 April 2024 by Pascalinah Kabi This investigation was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Centre. The 2019 Mining Lease Agreement between Letšeng Diamonds Mine and the Lesotho government carries significant implications for environmental protection. Renewed controversially four years early, this pact binds Letšeng Diamonds Mine to comply with environmental regulations, [...]

Empowering Nurses: Oxygen Concentrators Reshape Birth Deliveries in Lesotho

27 March 2024 by Limpho Sello  Est Read Time: 7 min(s) 42 sec(s) Listen to this article: Nursing mothers from Mokhotlong attend the antenatal clinic at Mokhotlong Government Hospital in March 2024. The frozen dew crackles beneath each step as *Mareitumetse hurries along the path to the Dili-Dili Health Centre in [...]

In Lesotho, a Mother Shares the Heartbreaking Tale of Transmitting TB to Her Three Young Children

25 March 2024 by Limpho Sello  Est Read Time: 6 min(s) 43 sec(s) Listen to this article: 27-year-old Mampe Motlohi and her three children celebrate being TB-free. Photo Credit: Limpho Sello. Six-year-old Tšepiso Motlohi shyly tilts her head down, attempting to conceal the tears welling in her eyes. However, a single [...]

Chief Justice Sakoane to Rule on Villagers’ Compensation Case against Letšeng Diamonds Mine

20 March 2024 by Pascalinah Kabi  Est Read Time: 5 min(s) 11 sec(s) Listen to this article: ‘Mapontso Lematla (right) and Sephapo Moletsane (left) want the Lesotho High Court to order Letšeng Diamonds Mine to pay them for several years they worked as emergency responders. Two azure strings, meticulously twisted into [...]