Lesotho journalist Ralikonelo Joki killed after radio show

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Lesotho authorities must launch a credible investigation into the killing of journalist Ralikonelo "Leqhashasha" Joki and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. 

Around 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 14, an unknown number of people shot Joki in the head once and body at least 13 times as he left the privately owned radio station Ts’enolo FM in the capital, Maseru, according to multiple news reports and a statement by the Lesotho chapter of regional press freedom group Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA). 

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