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| Lesotho's PM quits after months-long crisis over death of ex-wife | Lesotho's PM quits after months-long crisis over death of ex-wife |
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| Thomas Thabane’s resignation during TV address is latest twist to political crisis in tiny African state | |
| Lesotho’s beleaguered prime minister, Thomas Thabane, has resigned, ending a months-long crisis that engulfed the kingdom after he was accused of having a part in his ex-wife’s murder. | |
| “I come before you today to announce that the work that you assigned me may not be over but the time to retire from the great theatre of action, take leave from public life and office has finally arrived,” he said in nationwide TV address on Tuesday. | “I come before you today to announce that the work that you assigned me may not be over but the time to retire from the great theatre of action, take leave from public life and office has finally arrived,” he said in nationwide TV address on Tuesday. |
| The tiny southern African state has been plagued by instability since early this year when police accused Thabane of having a hand in the killing of his estranged wife in June 2017. | The tiny southern African state has been plagued by instability since early this year when police accused Thabane of having a hand in the killing of his estranged wife in June 2017. |
| Thabane and his then wife, Lipolelo Thabane, 58, were in the midst of a bitter divorce when she was shot dead outside her home two days before her husband’s inauguration. | |
| Police have since found Thabane’s mobile number in communications records from the crime scene. | Police have since found Thabane’s mobile number in communications records from the crime scene. |
| Thabane, 80, who has denied any involvement in the murder, had been under mounting pressure to resign. | Thabane, 80, who has denied any involvement in the murder, had been under mounting pressure to resign. |