Lesotho orders indefinite curfew after radio journalist is shot dead

Ralikonelo Joki, a presenter on Ts’enolo FM radio, was gunned down on Sunday. He had received death threats after exposing corruption. Lesotho has one of the world’s highest murder rates Photograph: Handout

Lesotho has imposed anationwide curfew after the killing of a prominent radio presenter in the capital, Maseru, this week.

Ralikonelo “Leqhashasha” Joki, who worked for Ts’enolo FM radio station, was shot at least 13 times by unknown assailants as he left the studio at 10pm after his Sunday evening show.