2020 in Lesotho
List of events
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See also: | Other events of 2020 List of years in Lesotho |
Incumbents
- Head of state: King: Letsie III (since February 7, 1996)[1]
- Head of government: Prime Minister: Tom Thabane (June 16, 2017 to 20 May 2020), Moeketsi Majoro (since 20 May 2020).
Events
- February 6 – Lesotho's First Lady, Maesiah Thabane is arrested for murdering her predecessor, Lipolelo Thabane in 2017.[2][3]
- February 20 – Former prime minister Thomas Thabane, 80, of Lesotho is to be charged with his wife's 2017 murder.[4]
- March 11 – Moshoeshoe Day, Lesotho
- April 18 – Prime Minister Thomas Thabane deploys the army to the streets of Lesotho to restore order.[5]
- April 30 – COVID-19 pandemic: Lesotho is the only African country that has not reported the virus.[6]
- May 8 – Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane will step down in July as the country's leader.[7]
- May 13 – COVID-19 pandemic: Lesotho report its first case of the virus, becoming the last country in Africa to do so.[8]
- May 20 - Moeketsi Majoro replaces Thomas Thabane as Prime Minister of Lesotho.
Births
Deaths
References
- ^ CIA World Factbook: Lesotho retrieved 18 Apr 2020
- ^ Lesotho's Political Drama - One Down, One to Go? allAfrica, Voice of America, 10 Feb 2020
- ^ Lesotho's first lady is charged with murdering husband's ex-wife By Brent Swails and Rapelang Radebe, CNN, 6 Feb 2020, retrieved 20 Feb 2020
- ^ Lesotho's prime minister to be charged with ex-wife's murder Al Jazeera, 20 Feb 2020
- ^ "Thomas Thabane: Lesotho's PM sends army into streets". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ "Ghana's virus cases spike 10 days after lockdown is lifted". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- ^ Nyasha Chingono and Bukola Adebayo (7 May 2020). "Lesotho's 80-year-old PM says he's no longer 'energetic' and plans to step down". CNN. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ "Lesotho becomes last African nation to confirm a virus case". ABC News. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
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