Lesotho

News coverage about Lesotho accounts for 0.003% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is down 54.5% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is +0.36 — neutral-to-positive.

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Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.003%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-54.5%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
+0.36
neutral-to-positive
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Lesotho coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.00% on 2026-08-200.000.050.10May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Lesotho coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone 0.36 on 2026-08-20+50-5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (2/day latest)

Protest events located in Lesotho: 6 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-060.002.55.0Jun 22Jul 21Jul 23Jul 29Jul 31Aug 6

Diplomacy (1/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Lesotho: 70 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-180.0050.0100May 26Jun 11Jun 27Jul 12Jul 26Aug 7Aug 18

Coercion & force (13/day latest)

Coercive events located in Lesotho: 49 days, latest 13.00 on 2026-08-170.0025.050.0May 26Jun 16Jun 29Jul 13Jul 31Aug 11Aug 17

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Lesotho, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 0% of the coverage about Lesotho came from outlets based in Lesotho — the rest was written from abroad (377 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Lesotho from domestic outlets (%): 21 days, latest 0.00 on 2026-08-170.000.501.0Jul 6Jul 24Jul 30Aug 5Aug 10Aug 17

Share of articles about Lesotho produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Maseru (2)
  • Lefa (1)
  • Matelile (1)

Places named in coverage about Lesotho on 2026-08-19 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Lesotho

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$2.6B
World Bank, 2025
Population
2.4M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
154.0%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
1.6%
World Bank, 2024

Coverage share measures articles published by Lesotho-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).