2020
in
Lesotho

Decades:
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:Other events of 2020
List of years in Lesotho

Incumbents

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

  1. CIA World Factbook: Lesotho retrieved 18 Apr 2020
  2. Lesotho's Political Drama - One Down, One to Go? allAfrica, Voice of America, 10 Feb 2020
  3. 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
  4. Lesotho's prime minister to be charged with ex-wife's murder Al Jazeera, 20 Feb 2020
  5. "Thomas Thabane: Lesotho's PM sends army into streets". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  6. "Ghana's virus cases spike 10 days after lockdown is lifted". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  7. 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.
  8. "Lesotho becomes last African nation to confirm a virus case". ABC News. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
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