Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane asked to step down

Lesotho's ruling party has asked Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to resign over alleged links to the 2017 murder of his wife, calling him a "threat to the nation." The country's police chief has accused Thabane of involvement in the killing of Dipoolelo Thabane on the outskirts of the capital Maseru two days before her husband's inauguration. The latest is that Thabane's second wife is also a suspect. Thabane, who is now 80, and Dipoolelo had allegedly been embroiled in bitter divorce proceedings. We cross to our reporter in Maseru, Raphelang Radebe.

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