PROMINENT activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai, a staunch critic of the government, was released on Sunday, hours after being abducted by armed men in Nairobi, Kenya. Known for her outspoken advocacy for ...

Kidnapping of government critics has increased in Kenya following anti-government protests that shook the country in 2024.

Maria grew up in Berlin, Wisconsin. She started her career in journalism in Green Bay as the first CW 14 Star. She stepped away from TV while fighting breast cancer in 2020. With a great team of ...

The abduction of Tanzanian journalist and human rights activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai illustrates how Kenya has become a hostile environment for dissidents in exile. This statement was originally ...

Less than a fortnight into the New Year, Tanzania’s leading independent journalist, Maria Sarungi Tsehai, survived an abduction from a shopping mall in Nairobi. Ms. Tsehai and her family have ...

Just a week ago, on January 12, Tanzanian rights activist Maria Sarungi was abducted in Nairobi ... Upon returning to Tanzania in 2000, she and her husband David Tsehai founded Kwanza TV, which ...

In an interview with The EastAfrican, Ms Sarungi traced her steady metamorphosis from a communications ... Upon returning to Tanzania in 2000, she and her husband David Tsehai founded Kwanza TV, which ...

Foreign nationals have also been abducted, including prominent Tanzanian activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai, who on Monday narrated how she was kidnapped by armed men and released several hours later.

Foreign nationals have not been spared. Tanzanian human rights activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai says she was abducted by armed men in Nairobi last Sunday afternoon but released hours later.

A Kenyan government minister has alleged that the country's national intelligence agency was behind the abduction of his son last year, as criticism against the rising cases of abductions continues.

Nairobi, January 14, 2025– CPJ calls on the Kenyan government to conduct a comprehensive investigation after four unknown men assaulted and abducted prominent Tanzanian journalist and human rights ...