Incumbents

• Head of state: King: Letsie III (since February 7, 1996)^[1]
• Head of government: Prime Minister: Tom Thabane (June 16, 2017 to 20 May 2020), Moeketsi Majoro (since 20 May 2020).

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.

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Deaths