Lesotho PM deploys army to ‘restore order’ amid wife murder probe
20 April 2020 |
12:48 pm
Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is suspected of involvement in the murder of his wife and has recently lost a bid to remove the nation's police chief. Now the PM has sent the army to "restore peace and order."
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