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Thomas Thabane: Scandal-hit Lesotho PM to get 'dignified' exit
Source: BBC
Thomas Thabane: Scandal-hit Lesotho PM to get 'dignified' exit
20 April 2020
Lesotho's government has agreed that Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who is accused of murdering his estranged wife, will immediately resign.
The deal brokered with the help of South African mediators is said to promise the prime minister a "dignified and secure" exit from office.
Mr Thabane has been under pressure to resign over suspicions he was involved in the killing in 2017.
His current wife has been charged. Both deny any involvement in the murder.
It is not yet clear if he will agree to stand down immediately, as the deal stipulates.
Gunmen shot and killed Mr Thabane's then-wife Lipolelo Thabane on 14 June 2017. Officials charged Mr Thabane's current wife Maesaiah with the murder this year, and also named Mr Thabane as a suspect - although he has not yet been formally charged.
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20 April 2020
Lesotho's government has agreed that Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who is accused of murdering his estranged wife, will immediately resign.
The deal brokered with the help of South African mediators is said to promise the prime minister a "dignified and secure" exit from office.
Mr Thabane has been under pressure to resign over suspicions he was involved in the killing in 2017.
His current wife has been charged. Both deny any involvement in the murder.
It is not yet clear if he will agree to stand down immediately, as the deal stipulates.
Gunmen shot and killed Mr Thabane's then-wife Lipolelo Thabane on 14 June 2017. Officials charged Mr Thabane's current wife Maesaiah with the murder this year, and also named Mr Thabane as a suspect - although he has not yet been formally charged.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52362033
Thomas Thabane denies being involved in the murder of his then-wife in 2017 (Reuters)
Lipolelo Thabane was shot dead in 2017 (Lesotho Times)