Lesotho PM to be charged with murder of ex-wife

Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is expected today to be charged with the murder of his estranged wife, who was gunned down two days before his inauguration in 2017, police said yesterday. The news came as Thabane announced he would step down on July 31, following pressure from his party to quit over the scandal. Lilopelo Thabane, 58, was killed in June 2017 by unknown assailants on the outskirts of the capital Maseru, two days before the premier, now aged 80, took office. The couple had been embroiled in bitter divorce proceedings when Lipolelo was murdered in front of her home in the capital Maseru.Her death shook the tiny mountainous kingdom of Lesotho, which is entirely surrounded by South Africa.