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Tariff shock, aid cuts and graft scandals are wrecking Matekane’s plan

President Trump’s threat of 50% tariffs decimated textile factories, exposing the government’s limited choices

Almost three years after Sam Matekane’s Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) stormed to power on an anti-corruption and pro-business platform, Lesotho is reeling from tariff whiplash, a suspended United States development compact and an El Niño-driven drought leaving 700,000 facing severe hunger. Lesotho’s textile industry is in tatters.

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