Officials and workers in the textile industry of the small African nation of Lesotho are holding their breath as a key ...

The deafening roar of hundreds of sewing machines has gone silent. In the tiny African nation of Lesotho, clothing ...

Lesotho warns that Trump’s 50% tariff threat risks tanking their textile industry. The country’s trade minister, Mokhethi Shelile, said they’re counting on the US to set a favorable tariff rate, ...

Lesotho - once dubbed the "denim capital of Africa" - has declared a state of national disaster over high youth unemployment ...

Lesotho faces one of the highest tariff threats lodged by the Trump administration. No one in the tiny African nation can ...

Lesotho, a tiny mountain kingdom in Southern Africa, has just declared a two-year state of disaster after being threatened with the highest U.S. tariffs in the world.

The peg to the Rand has continued to serve Lesotho well, helping bring inflation down from a peak of 8.2 percent in early 2024 to 4.0 percent in April 2025.

BARTLETT: Well, Lesotho's been dubbed the denim capital of Africa, and it produces a quintessential American garment, Levi jeans, for the U.S. market.

BARTLETT: Well, Lesotho's been dubbed the denim capital of Africa, and it produces a quintessential American garment, Levi jeans, for the U.S. market.

BARTLETT: Well, Lesotho's been dubbed the denim capital of Africa, and it produces a quintessential American garment, Levi jeans, for the U.S. market.