''The Silo'' is a fortnightly agricultural

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

printed and distributed in

Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...

. The paper mainly publishes environmental and agricultural news occurring in and around the country. In its 13 July 2011 issue, ''The Silo'' featured

King Letsie III Letsie III (born Seeiso Bereng; 17 July 1963) is King of Lesotho. He succeeded his father, Moshoeshoe II, who was forced into exile in 1990. His father was briefly restored in 1995 but died in a car crash in early 1996, and Letsie became king ag ...

, presenting the interview as a

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for the King's birthday celebrations, a public holiday duly observed each year in

. As the only agricultural newspaper in the country, ''The Silo'' follows in the foot-steps of its predecessors in neighboring

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

, ''

Farmers Weekly ''Farmers Weekly'' is a magazine aimed at the British farming industry. It provides news; business features; a weekly digest of facts and figures about British, European and world agriculture; and livestock, arable and machinery sections with ...

'', in that its content is restricted to farming, environmental and agricultural news only.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Silo Newspapers published in Africa Newspapers established in 2010 Mass media in Lesotho