Journalist’s Murder Leads to Curfew in African Mountain Kingdom Lesotho
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Lesotho imposed a nighttime curfew after an investigative journalist was gunned down on Sunday.
The countrywide rule will restrict movement between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. from Tuesday, Lebona Lephema, the minister of police, said in a statement on state broadcasters. It was announced less than 24 hours after a local radio presenter and journalist, Ralikonelo “Leqhashasha” Joki, was gunned down by unknown assailants near his workplace on the capital, Maseru.