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SHOCKING: Curfew in lesotho to tackle gun crime after journalist killed - You Need To See This

Factory workers finish for the day outside the capital, Maseru, in Lesotho, in 2022 [File: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters]

Authorities in Lesotho have declared an indefinite curfew in the hope that curtailing the movement of people at night will help curb gun violence in the small southern African kingdom.

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.

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