South African investigative journalist Micah Reddy, whose family said he had gone missing while in Djibouti \u200blast week, is free and has been deported, a \u200cwatchdog group said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Reddy, the Africa editor for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), arrived in the Horn of Africa nation \u200blast Thursday and had been in regular contact with \u200bfamily and colleagues before communication abruptly ceased on \u2060Saturday, his brother Niall Reddy told Reuters on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The \u200bCommittee to Protect Journalists Africa said Reddy had been deported, \u200bciting his brother Niall.<\/p>\n
“Authorities claim he did not have proper media accreditation. He will return to Johannesburg soon. His fixer, Kooki Mahmoud, is \u200bapparently released without charge,” CPJ Africa said on X.<\/p>\n
CPJ \u200bAfrica shared on its account a statement from Djibouti’s interior minister \u200cOmar \u2060Abdi that said Reddy had deliberately avoided obtaining the necessary accreditation while in the country.<\/p>\n
Reddy’s family said he had not been on a reporting assignment when in Djibouti.<\/p>\n
“It is \u200bwith immense relief \u200band delight \u2060that we share the news that he is on his way back to South Africa, \u200bunharmed,” the family said in a statement. “At \u200bthe time \u2060he was detained, he was not in Djibouti reporting on the country or its government.”<\/p>\n
On Saturday, a senior official \u2060in the \u200bDjibouti presidency, Naguib Ali Taher, \u200bhad said that Micah had not registered for media accreditation in Djibouti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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