His Majesty King Letsie III has appealed to heads of churches, chiefs and the entire nation to dedicate three Sundays to pray for rain in the country.

In his message over the matter on Monday, His Majesty King set aside three consecutive Sundays starting on September 23 until October 07 to be dedicated to prayer for rains.

"As everyone is aware that the current drought is rife and has spread throughout the country, plants in general, animals as well as people are thirsty and need rains for survival", he said.

A special request has already been made to the Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL) to convey the message to their respective congregations to honour the appeal.

His Majesty urged all Basotho to go to various churches on the said dates and jointly ask the almighty for rains, and to thank him for all the grace he has to all during these hard times of drought and hunger.

Lesotho has experienced severe drought since the rainfall season from January this year.

However, the recent climate experts report from Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) have predicted that from October to March 2008, most of the SADC region including Lesotho is likely to receive good rains.

Source: LENA 17/09/2007