THe Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) has finally concluded a preferential trade agreement with South America's Common Market of the South (Mercosur) after 12 rounds of negotiations, the Windhoek-based Sacu secretariat announced on Thursday.
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma met Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili in London on Friday 4 July 2008 and underlined the important collaboration between the Kingdom of Lesotho and the 53-member Commonwealth.
Three parched years in a row have drained Lesotho's water sources and thousands of people that are already facing chronic food insecurity risk losing access to water, the spread of disease and death.