The wife of the Prime Minister of Lesotho has been charged with murdering his former partner.
Police appear to be moving closer to solving the apparently "senseless" killing of Lipolelo Thabane, 58, who was gunned down outside her home in on June 14, 2017.
First Lady Maesaiah Thabane was charged after initially refusing to answer questions in a police probe.
An arrest warrant was issued for 42-year-old Maesaiah on 10 January after her disappearance.
But Maesaiah turned herself in on Tuesday after agreeing with police to be picked up from the South African border.
It emerged that Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has also been questioned about the killing, which deeply shocked the southern African mountain kingdom.
The attack was initially blamed on unknown armed men but police continued to investigate the motive for the seemingly random killing.
Maesaiah was ambushed and shot several times at close range and died on the side of a road.
Mr Thabane described it as a "senseless killing" in his inauguration speech.
The couple were involved in bitter divorce proceedings at the time of Lipolelo's death.
He and Maesaiah married two months after the murder - and questions about their alleged involvement has continued to grow.
Thabane last month announced his intention to resign on January 16 but gave no specific reason for his decision.
Opposition politicians have since accused Thabane of hindering the investigation into his wife's killing.
Eight others in Lesotho and South Africa are also reportedly facing charges over the murder, reports the BBC.
Lesotho, a mountain state encircled by South Africa, three-quarters of which lies more than 1,800 metres above sea
level, is one of the world's poorest countries and has one of Africa's highest levels of HIV/AIDS prevalence.
