SOMALIA: AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST DETAINED FOR ‘INTERVIEWING AL-SHABAB’ IS FREED

Somali security services have reportedly freed an Al Jazeera journalist detained after interviewing leaders of the Al-Shabab militant group.

Hamza Mohamed, a British national, was detained in the Somali capital Mogadishu Tuesday afternoon with a driver, fixer and cameraman, according to Al Jazeera. The journalist had been in Somalia for a week and has frequently reported on the Horn of Africa state in recent years “with accuracy and integrity,” according to a statement released by the network.