Find out how runners in a 1980 state-run marathon protested the race's "white-only" policy.

Encyclopedia article traces the history of the South African country from the 16th century to the modern era.

Find news articles and reports about this landlocked nation from African and international news sources.

Provides a photo and a profile of the paramount chief of Basutoland from 1960-1966, and the king of Lesotho from 1966-1990 and from 1995-1996.