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]]> For a second time in months, Tom Thabane has fled Lesotho for fear of his life.
As prime minister of the mountain kingdom he crossed into South Africa last year saying the military was planning to kill him.
This week as leader of the opposition, he has sought refuge in Botswana.
I met Tom Thabane at breakfast in the Gaberone Sun.
He says he has done and investigations and believes his life is threatened.
it is not clear who is seeing here and how long he will stay.
Thabane sought refuge in Pretoria last year, triggering a regional mediation effort headed by President Jacob Zuma.
that led to early elections in Lesotho where he was defeated by Pakalitha Mosisili

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