FILE PHOTO: Thomas Motsoahae Thabane, Prime Minister of Lesotho at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
MASERU (Reuters) - Lesotho's government has agreed with South African mediators and political parties to implement a "dignified retirement" for prime minister Thomas Thabane, a joint statement said on Monday, signalling stepped up efforts to end a political crisis.
Thabane has been under pressure to resign owing to a murder case in which he and his current wife are suspected of being involved in the assassination of his previous wife, charges which both of them deny.
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