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Lesotho's textile industry faces massive closures amid US levies

Updated: 2025-08-08 09:47
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Job seekers wait outside a textile factory in Maseru, Lesotho, on Aug 4. SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS

Classified as a lower-middle income country by the World Bank, nearly half of Lesotho's 2.3 million population live below the poverty line. Last year, Lesotho's overall unemployment rate was about 30 percent, national data shows. For those 35 and younger, it was nearly 50 percent.

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