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| Africa Horn | |
| Somali gunmen free two journalists | |
| 2009-11-26 | |
| Photojournalist Nigel Brennan and Canadian freelance reporter Amanda Lindhout have been released in Mogadishu after 15 months of captivity. The journalists were freed on Wednesday night and were with police and Somali lawmaker Botan Isse Alin in a hotel in Mogadishu, the Press TV correspondent reported, noting that it is unclear whether the ransom was paid for their release. There is an unconfirmed report that a ransom of $1million had been paid to the hostage-takers for the two journalists. In August 2008, Brennan and Lindhout were kidnapped along with their Somali driver and two Somali guards while traveling southwest of Mogadishu. Brennan told Reuters by phone from the hotel that he had been tortured physically and mentally. He said that after a failed attempt to escape, he was kept in chains and had been totally isolated from Lindhout for the past 10 months. Journalists and humanitarian workers are frequently abducted for ransom in Somalia, one of the world's poorest countries.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Yet they keep going there ... Well, yeah. Ever since the media manipulated the UN and NATO into going to Somalia and the Balkans (respectively), they've been trying to repeat those coups. Problems are the quantum of solace is nearly gone (especially for Africa), and the media is shunning other deserving places because the return-on-investment isn't good enough. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-11-26 11:14 |