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Skiing in Lesotho: an African adventure under pressure
Skiing in Lesotho: an African adventure under pressure
Economy
by  AFP

High in the wintry mountains of Lesotho, Sharon Kadangwe from Malawi is learning to ski on a strip of snow that runs down a dry, brown slope at southern Africa's only ski resort. Surrounded by the brown mountains of a country that is in drought at the lower altitudes, the resort's three small slopes are this year layered in artificial snow created with water pumped from eight nearby dams.