{"id":46153,"date":"2026-09-22T15:20:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46153"},"modified":"2026-09-22T15:20:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:20:49","slug":"sa-journalist-released-after-djibouti-detention","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-journalist-released-after-djibouti-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"SA journalist released after Djibouti detention \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African (SA) investigative journalist Micah Reddy is returning home unharmed following several days of detention by authorities in Djibouti.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reddy, who serves as the Africa Co-ordinator for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, was detained in Djibouti City alongside local journalist and fixer Mohamed Willo Ismael, also known as Kooki Mahmoud.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both men were held from Saturday afternoon without official communication regarding their status or location before being released, with Mahmoud freed without charge and Reddy deported.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Confirming his safety, Reddy&#8217;s family clarified that he was not in the country to report on Djiboutian domestic affairs or government operations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The family expressed gratitude to SA and British diplomatic missions, legal teams, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, and media rights organisations for securing his release.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45987,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-46153","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA journalist Micah Reddy heads home after Djibouti release ","published_date":"2026-09-22 15:19:27","news_description":"SA journalist Micah Reddy heads home after Djibouti release ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46154,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46153\/revisions\/46154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}