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The curfew, which came into force on Tuesday, comes just days after a prominent radio journalist was shot dead in a killing that shocked the nation.
A curfew is imposed on all persons throughout the Kingdom of Lesotho with effect from today, according to a notice published in the government gazette on Tuesday.
The curfew will remain in place until further notice, Molibeli said. Journalist Ralikonelo Joki, host of current affairs show on local private radio, was gunned down by unknown assailants while leaving his workplace in Maseru on Sunday night.
Joki, the host of the current affairs show ‘Hlokoana-La-Tsela’, covered government, agriculture, and corruption and was best known for breaking a 2021 story about five politicians who were illegally trading alcohol, the CPJ said in a statement.
Reports indicate that the journalist received at least three death threats from different Facebook accounts in March and April related to his work as a journalist, the organisation added.
The journalist received at least three death threats from different Facebook accounts in March and April related to his work as a journalist, according to screenshots reviewed by CPJ and Ts’enolo FM’s station manager, Mshengu Tshabalala, and program manager, Rets’epile Maloi, who…
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Moreover, Gang-related shootings are common in Lesotho, a landlocked mountainous country of two million people, where there are a large number of unlicensed firearms in circulation.
Reports indicate that these gangs arise from musical rivalry. So How musical rivalry in Lesotho gave birth to gang violence.
The fierce rivalry between followers of a unique, accordion-based musical tradition known as Famo has fuelled years of deadly gang warfare in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho.
