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Winter Arrives Early in #Lesotho and #SouthAfrica https://www.enn.com/articles/76654-winter-arrives-early-in-lesotho-and-south-africa #ClimateChange

Mothers fight to protect children from drugs as ‘hotspotting’ takes hold in Lesotho https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/02/lesotho-anti-drug-mothers-fight-protect-children-bluetoothing-hotspotting #Globaldevelopment #Globalhealth #Lifeandstyle #Youngpeople #AidsandHIV #Worldnews #Society #Lesotho #Africa #Family #Drugs

Life is colourful. Also in
#Afghanistan
#Algeria
#Angola
#AntiguaAndBarbuda
#Bangladesh
#Barbados
#Belize
#Benin
#Bhutan
#Botswana
#Brunei
#Burundi
#Cameroon
#Chad
#Comoros
#Dominica
#DominicanRepublic
#Egypt
#Eritrea
#Eswatini
#Ethiopia
#Gambia
#Ghana
#Grenada
#Guinea
#Guyana
#India
#Indonesia
#Iran
#Iraq
#Jamaica
#Kenya
#Kiribati
#Kuwait
#Lebanon
#Lesotho
#Liberia
#Libya

The #EU will reduce its representation in countries such as #Belarus and #Lesotho. Instead, focus on engaging with governments that have a say in enforcing EU sanctions against #Russia.

The downsizing will free up resources for defense projects and sanctions enforcement.

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-diplomacy-downsize-staff-budgets-kaja-kallas/

Last year, #Cameroon and #Namibia cracked down on Musk’s company for allegedly operating in their countries illegally. In #SouthAfrica — where Starlink has so far failed to get a license — Musk exacerbated tensions by publicly accusing the government of anti-white racism.

Since Trump won the election, at least five African countries have granted licenses to Starlink: the Democratic Republic of #Congo, #Somalia, #GuineaBissau, #Lesotho and #Chad.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-musk-starlink-state-department-gambia-africa-pressure #Starlink in #Africa

Entdecken Sie das „Königreich im Himmel“ 🇱🇸! Lesotho beeindruckt mit atemberaubenden Bergen, einzigartigen Naturlandschaften und sogar Skiabenteuern mitten in Afrika. Die beste Reisezeit ist von Oktober bis März. Mehr dazu im Artikel: https://www.merkur.de/reise/ein-koenigreich-ueber-den-wolken-unterwegs-in-lesotho-93722768.html #Lesotho #Reisetipp #Afrika 🌌 #panorama

"Lesotho is far from the only country that has decided to assist Musk’s firm while trying to fend off U.S. tariffs. The company reached distribution deals with two providers in India in March and has won at least partial accommodations with Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Vietnam, although this is probably not a comprehensive count.

A series of internal government messages obtained by The Post reveal how U.S. embassies and the State Department have pushed nations to clear hurdles for U.S. satellite companies, often mentioning Starlink by name. The documents do not show that the Trump team has explicitly demanded favors for Starlink in exchange for lower tariffs. But they do indicate that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has increasingly instructed officials to push for regulatory approvals for Musk’s satellite firm at a moment when the White House is calling for wide-ranging talks on trade.

In India, government officials have sped through approvals of Starlink with the understanding that doing so could help them cement trade deals with the administration, according to two people familiar with the matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity to reflect private deliberations."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/07/elon-musk-starlink-trump-tariffs/

#USA #Trump #Tariffs #Lesotho #TradeWar #Musk #Starlink #BigTech #Kleptocracy

U.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk's #Starlink ...

Like tiny little #Lesotho & other impoverished African nations.

Hm

Not exactly the kind of deals Trump's #Tariffs were supposed to generate.

Just another Trump/Musk/#GOP shakedown.

Gift article:
https://wapo.st/3GIrckO

https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2025-04/usa-ueberblick-donald-trump-gerichte-wahlkampf-2028

"Die Baseballkappe mit dem Schriftzug "Trump 2028" kostet im Onlineshop des Präsidenten 50 Dollar" -> und die lässt er vermutlich für 50 Cent in #mexico #china #india #lesotho oder sonst wo, die den #usa so sehr schaden herstellen 🤔 Tja, wenn's ums Geschäft geht... 🤔 #donaldtrump ist halt ein #dealmaker 🫣

Đối phó với sức ép thuế quan của Mỹ yêu cầu sự kiên định và chiến lược. Tạm dừng thuế mới không giải quyết tận gốc vấn đề. Lesotho là một ví dụ điển hình cho những thách thức từ thuế quan. Sự tôn trọng chỉ đến từ việc đứng vững trong thương mại. #thuếquan #thương mại #Lesotho #chínhsáchMỹ https://ift.tt/YhLi8z4

Tagesschau: "#Lesotho erlaubt Musks Internet-Satellitendienst - #Südafrika bleibt hart.

In mehr als 20 afrikanischen Ländern ist der Internet-Satellitendienst des Tesla-Chefs #Musk verfügbar - nicht jedoch in Südafrika. Musk sieht sich als Opfer von "rassistischen Gesetzen", was die Regierung des Landes zurückweist." Von Stephan Ueberbach. https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/afrika/starlink-musk-suedafrika-100.html

#Starlink

#Lesotho is receiving another bullet from President Trump.

Trump wants to cut cost of running embassies around the world and he want to close them, 60 percent being in #Africa. Among them are #Eritrea, #Lesotho, #Cameroon and South #Sudan.

#StarLink #SpaceNazis #Lesotho #Africa

The headline reads, "Starlink gets 10-year satellite internet licence in Lesotho" and the blurb shouts: "The approval follows a comprehensive regulatory review process..."

Com-pre-hensive people! There's no way a giant Bitcoin didn't plop into someone's wallet..

Yeah. Pull the other one. Oh, what's that? I don't have another one? Bugger, it's because they're all being pulled.

Groan.

#Trump & #Tariffs :
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

28 minutes analysis of what looked like a trade strategy on first impression,
with the hilarious example of #lesotho.

Very funny to see that #foxnews, #breitbard and #oann celebrate the announced policy.

Their viewers might still not understand, that tariffs function like a kind of #tax and are paid by us citizens.

#humor #wrecking #economy #usa #tax #lastweektonight

https://youtu.be/5zQ0WewZY50?si=bv0AkEmJ_ZMv-FkI

Ces décisions fragilisent les économies africaines et soulèvent la question du rôle du continent dans ce conflit économique. Analyse de Daouda Sembene, PDG d’Africatalyst.#Afrique #Lesotho #Droitsdedouane #Guerrecommerciale #Chine #États-Unis #France24 #Économieafricaine #Libre-échange (2/2)

Afrique : victime collatérale ...

#Trump #USA #Republicans #GOP #OFFS #Morons #Cruel #Lesotho

Inondations en RD Congo, droits de douane au Lesotho, Sahara occidental : l'hebdo Afrique#Afrique #Récap #Algérie #Soudan #Maroc #Cédéao #Mali #États-Unis #RDCongo #Tchad #Saharaoccidental #France #AfriqueduSud #Lesotho #Gabon #Somalie #CôtedIvoire #Tunisie

Inondations en RD Congo, droit...

Even that country that Trump thinks nobody's ever heard of is getting #Starlink. :-P https://techcentral.co.za/lesotho-pressure-approve-starlink-licence/262122/?utm_source=MastodonAfrica #Lesotho

The most remarkable thing about the #tariff pause: It isn’t really a pause at all. Even as Trump called off the eye-popping “reciprocal tariffs”—such as a 46% tariff on #Vietnam, and 50% on the tiny landlocked #African country of #Lesotho—he still kept a 10% minimum tariff on nearly every country on the planet, and announced that he would raise tariffs on #China to 125%.

#TradeWar

https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/04/trump-tariff-pause-damage/682390/?utm_source=feed