Kidnapped reporter freed in Somalia

Australian al-Jazeera and ex-BBC journalist Peter Greste is deported from Egypt after 400 days in prison and is reportedly flying to Cyprus.

Tanzanian reporter freed after pleading guilty to economic crimes  Al Jazeera EnglishTanzania journalist Erick Kabendera freed after seven months  BBC NewsJournalist Kabendera pleads guilty of money laundering, fined Sh100 million  The Citizen DailyTZ journalist Erick Kabendera finally freed after pleading guilty  Daily NationTanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera freed after seven months in prison  The East AfricanView Full coverage on Google News

Two Nigerian footballers - one a Super Eagles international - have been released after being kidnapped on Sunday.

Kenya’s army said Friday it has rescued a kidnapped teacher four days after she was seized by Islamist insurgents and taken across the border to war-torn Somalia.

Eleven crew members of a Malaysian-registered ship that was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2010 are freed.

Imagine taking a stroll through the busy streets of Dar and seeing a minister involved in a scuffle with city militias, probably for not complying with the law. Your  first instinct would probably be to capture the moment to post and share it on mainstream social media. But wait a minute; how safe will you be after posting it to the public? What if the minister starts a search for the person who has uploaded the embarrassing video on Facebook or Twitter or discussed it on Jamiiforums

DAILY NEWS Reporter
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THE 2015 Bongo Star Search (BSS) finalist will be held at King Solomon Hall in Dar es Salaam tomorrow. The finalists are Frida Amani, Kayumba Juma, Angel Kato, Nassib Fonabo, Jacqueline Kakenzi and Kelvin Gerson. View Comments. This paper made a ...

DAILY NEWS Reporter in Arusha
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ENGLISH and Kiswahili languages, despite being the main medium of communication in the country, remain big a problem among University Graduates in Tanzania. 1 Comment. That was revealed during the just ended 7th Higher Education Forum which ...

Egypt is to release on medical grounds al-Jazeera journalist Abdullah Elshamy, who has been on hunger strike in protest at being held without charge.