Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has announced he will resign by the end of July, yielding to pressure from his ruling party to quit as police plan to charge him along with his wife for murdering his previous spouse.
Maesaiah Thabane was indicted on February 5 for allegedly killing Lipolelo Thabane. She wasn’t asked to plead in the case and is due to appear again next month. Lesotho, a nation of about 3-million people that’s encircled by SA, has been riven by political turbulence and military coups since 1986. Opposition riots in 1998 prompted its neighbour to deploy troops to restore order. In 2014, Thabane temporarily fled the country after accusing the military of overthrowing him. The head of the army was shot dead three years later, leading to the deployment of troops from neighbouring countries.
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