Tag: freed
Last kidnapped Cameroon schoolboys released
Kidnappers freed the last of about 80 schoolboys taken hostage last week in a raid on a school in west Cameroon, a...
Kenyan pilots released in South Sudan
South Sudanese rebels released two Kenyan pilots after receiving compensation for the family of a civilian killed when their plane crashed last...
English-speaking Cameroonian activists released
Dozens of activists from Cameroon's English-speaking community were freed from jail as the mainly French-speaking nation's president moved to ease months of...
Former Libyan prime minister freed after Tripoli abduction
Former Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was released after being abducted during a visit to Tripoli and held for nine days by...
Twenty-one prisoners freed in raid on Mali town
Gunmen attacked a bank and a prison in the southern Mali town of Banamba in the early hours of Monday, freeing 21...
Libya forces free five foreigners from IS in Sirte
Libyan pro-government forces freed five foreign nationals held by Islamic State in Sirte after heavy fighting in their battle to capture the...
Mechem hostages in Senegal released
After 72 days in captivity, nine Senegalese Denel Land Systems (DLS)/Mechem employees have been released unharmed and without any ransom being paid.
They...
Hijacked Italian cargo ship freed
An Italian-owned cargo ship, hijacked off the coast of Oman in April, has been freed, said authorities and the ship's owner.
The MV...
Tunisian court frees former Libya prime minister
A Tunisian court of appeal has freed Muammar Gaddafi's former Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi, who was sentenced to six months in...
