* Lesotho is pronounced Le-soo-too

* The population of 1.8M mostly subsist on farming or migrant labour to South Africa, yet the literacy rate in Lesotho is one of the highest in Africa

* In sub-Saharan Africa, Lesotho has the second highest incident rate for new HIV infections

* The population has declined over the past decade with the life-span in Lesotho now averaging 40 years

* There was an estimated 130,000 orphans in the country in 2009 as a result of AIDS - more than double the number in 2001

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