South African journalist released after detention in Djibouti

A South African journalist detained in Djibouti has been released, Premium Times reports. The journalist was initially declared missing on Saturday after his employers lost contact with him. The available material does not identify the journalist, his employer or the circumstances in which contact was lost.

The report later described him as having been detained in Djibouti and said that he had been released. It does not state which authority detained him, where he was held or how long the detention lasted. No reason for the detention was provided.

The supplied information also does not say whether the journalist was questioned, charged or given any conditions following his release. There was no information about his current location or condition, and no statements from Djiboutian authorities, the journalist’s employers or South African officials were included. The report establishes the end of the detention but provides no further account of the events surrounding it.