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Lesotho prime minister Moeketsi Majoro self-isolates after testing positive for COVID-19.
2021-08-12

Former Lesotho First Lady Maesiah Thabane is arrested on charges of murder. Her husband, former Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane, is also accused of murder but not formally charged.
2020-06-3

The Parliament of Lesotho accepts the resignation of Tom Thabane. Finance minister Moeketsi Majoro replaces him as interim Prime Minister.
2020-05-19

Tom Thabane steps down as Prime Minister of Lesotho following investigations into his third wife's alleged murder of his second wife, Lipolelo Thabane.
2020-05-13

Lesotho's Prime Minister Tom Thabane's coalition government collapses in parliament. He is due to resign on May 22 amid accusations that he and his wife are involved in his ex-wife's murder.
2020-05-11

Lesothan King Letsie III approves a law barring Prime Minister Tom Thabane from dissolving parliament and calling an election in the event of a vote of no confidence.
2020-05-7

Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane rejects a deal between South African mediators and his coalition government asking him to resign amid accusations that he was involved in the murder of his ex-wife.
2020-04-23

In a deal brokered by South African mediators, Lesotho's government says that Prime Minister Tom Thabane "will immediately resign", in a "dignified and secure" exit from power. Thabane is accused of murdering his ex-wife Lipolelo Thabane in 2017.
2020-04-20

Weeks after the First Lady of Lesotho Maesiah Thabane was arrested and charged with the killing of former First Lady Lipolelo Thabane, it is announced that current Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane will also be charged with the murder in the upcoming hours. He also announced he will be stepping down at the end of July citing old age.
2020-02-20

Lesotho begins a murder investigation of First Lady Maesiah Thabane for the murder of former first lady Lipolelo Thabane and ex-wife of Prime Minister Tom Thabane.
2020-02-12