Saturday, October 13, 2007
"Abdullahi Abdi Farah, the manager of privately-owned Radio Simba, and Mohamed Farah, one of his journalists, were released late on Friday after being held all day, and their station was allowed to resume broadcasting," Reporters Without Borders said in a statement.
The pair were arrested on Thursday after Simba radio was shut down by government forces for interviewing a top Islamist insurgent commander who claimed responsibility for an assassination bid on Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi.
The troubled Horn of Africa country has had no consistent central authority since dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was toppled in 1991, touching off a deadly power struggle that has defied numerous internationally-backed peace initiatives.
Source: AFP, Octt 13, 2007