An Embattled Lesotho prime Minister Wants To Stay In Power To Avoid Being Charged For His Wife’s Murder

When he celebrates his 81st birthday at the end of May, it is likely Thomas Thabane will no longer be prime minister of Lesotho.

But that isn’t a certainty for the wily politician who’s held various state positions over the past four decades—serving a term as prime minister from 2012 to 2015, and just as it seemed he was leaving the political arena for good, Thabane returned for a second term in 2017 at the sprightly age of 78.

Over the past few months he’s maintained an unyielding grip on the job, despite numerous attempts to get him to step down.

But now, he’s under an inordinate amount of pressure to resign.

This, over the case in which he and his current wife are alleged to have colluded to murder his former wife.

They both deny any involvement in the death. The allegations of murder have presented a