The government of Lesotho's embattled Prime Minister Thomas Thabane collapsed on Monday after his coalition partners pulled out and the formation of a new administration could take two weeks, the speaker of parliament said.
Pressure has escalated on the kingdom's 80-year-old prime minister to resign early over allegations he had a hand in the 2017 murder of his estranged wife.
"We have verified by way of reading these letters that the four-party coalition agreement has been terminated," National Assembly speaker Sephiri Motanyane said during a brief parliamentary sitting.
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