Tag: released
Fishermen held in Libya released
A group of 18 seized by Libyan patrol boats in September while fishing in the Mediterranean were freed by authorities in eastern Libya, Italian...
Turkish news agency personnel released in Egypt
Egypt’s public prosecutor’s office ordered the release of five people detained following a raid on Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu news agency office in Cairo and...
UN official released by Tunisian court
A Tunisian appeal court temporarily released a United Nations official after two months in detention as part of an investigation by an anti-terrorism unit,...
Egypt to free opposition figures
Egypt’s public prosecutor ordered the release of a former diplomat and other opposition figures who criticised President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a judicial source said.
Former...
Nigerian militia releases hundreds of children
A regional militia allied with Nigerian government forces freed almost 900 children it used in the war against Islamist Boko Haram insurgents, the United...
Kidnapped Tunisian workers released
Fourteen Tunisian workers kidnapped by armed men in western Libya three days ago were released on Sunday, the Tunisian foreign ministry said in a...
Nigerian editor released
Nigeria's military released an editor two days after detaining him over an article about a planned offensive against Islamist militants in the north-east, his...
Algerian generals released
Algeria President Abdelaziz Bouteflika released five senior generals detained last month on charges of wrongdoing, a source with knowledge of the matter...
Egyptian author released
An Egyptian court released the author of a book about the country's economy a week after he was arrested for questioning on...
Nigerian militia group releases over 800 children – UN
A militia fighting the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in north-east Nigeria released 833 children from its own ranks, some as young...
Kenyan police apologise for arresting Chinese journalists
Kenyan police apologised for briefly arresting journalists from Chinese state television's international English channel China Global Television Network (CGTN).
The incident happened...
Kenya court releases jailed ivory smuggler
A court in Kenya's port city of Mombasa set free a man convicted by a lower court in July 2016 of smuggling...
British hostages released in DR Congo
Two Britons held hostage in Democratic Republic of Congo were released, Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson said.
They were kidnapped on Friday while...
South Sudan aid workers released
Ten aid workers who went missing in South Sudan last week have been freed from an armed group that detained them in...
Aid workers released in South Sudan
South Sudan's rebels released seven aid workers detained for nearly three weeks in the Central Equatoria region on accusations of spying for...
Abducted Dapchi girls back home
Islamist militants drove scores of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls back to where they were captured a month ago on Wednesday and abruptly set...
Malian diplomat freed in Barcelona
Spanish police freed the wife of the honorary consul of Mali after a man held her prisoner inside its Barcelona consulate, a...
TV talk show host released
An Egyptian TV talk show host was released on bail after being detained for allegedly defaming the police, judicial sources said.
A...
Sudan to release political prisoners
Sudanese authorities said more than 80 political prisoners would be released from jails in Khartoum, a week after the country appointed a...
Journalist, jailed since 2011, released in Ethiopia
Ethiopia freed a journalist jailed since 2011 on terrorism charges, the latest in a raft of releases of prisoners aimed at calming...
Sudan releases journalists
Sudanese authorities released a Reuters journalist and an Agence France-Presse (AFP) reporter detained while covering protests in Khartoum last week.
Reuters regained...
Zimbabwe protest pastor released
A Zimbabwean court freed activist pastor Evan Mawarire, a critic of President Robert Mugabe, following his weekend arrest on new charges of...
Political prisoners released in South Sudan
South Sudan released at least 30 political prisoners since President Salva Kiir declared an amnesty in May to facilitate national dialogue and...
Hostages rescued in Nigeria
Nigeria's military rescued all members of an oil survey team kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants, it said in a statement, after...
Gaddafi son released in Libya
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has been freed by an armed group in western Libya where he was being held following the 2011 revolt...
Hostages held in Central African Republic mosque freed
About 1,000 people held hostage since the weekend by armed militias in a mosque amid violent clashes in south-eastern Central African Republic...
South Sudan releases UN aid worker
South Sudan's government released a United Nations aid worker after detaining him for nearly a month, a top UN official said.
Other aid...
Kidnapped Turks rescued by Nigerian police
Nigerian police rescued two Turkish men kidnapped earlier this month in the country's south-east, a police official said.
The pair, who worked for...
South Sudan aid group says detained workers released
Eight local staff with a US aid group in South Sudan were released safely on Tuesday after being detained by armed men,...
Six Ivorian journalists freed after three day detention
Ivory Coast released six journalists arrested for publishing stories authorities said could incite another soldiers' revolt, the journalists' trade union said on...
More Gambian political prisoners released
Gambia's high court released a further 12 political prisoners on Tuesday, their lawyer said, adding to hopes of an end to years...
Prisoners freed in Mali
Suspected Islamist militants freed 93 prisoners during an attack on a jail in the central Mali town of Niono early on Tuesday,...
Gambia court frees lawyer, 18 others on bail
A Gambian court freed a prominent lawyer and 18 supporters on bail on pending an appeal of their jail sentence for "unlawful...
Freed Chibok girls spared abuse and rape – source
The 21 Chibok schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants last month say they were not abused or raped during two-and-a-half years' captivity...
UNICEF frees 876 children in Nigeria
The United Nations has negotiated the release of nearly 900 children detained by Nigeria's army and security forces after retaking land from...
Boko Haram frees 21 kidnapped Chibok girls
Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of more than 200 girls it kidnapped in April 2014 in the northern Nigerian town...
Burundi opposition leader released from police custody
The head of one of Burundi's opposition parties has been released, days after he was arrested for what police said was collaborating...
Longest-held Australian hostage recounts his ordeal
Daily beatings and prayers five times a day for over a year were all part of Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan's harrowing ordeal...
