Journalist released after being held for more than two years in Somalia

From Committee to Protect Journalists - Africa Tue Sep 23 2014, 18:22:47

Cape Town, September 23, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of German-American journalist Michael Scott Moore, who was kidnapped by Somali pirates in the city of Galkayo in January 2012. Moore's abduction was not previously reported by most media outlets at the request of those seeking his release....

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