Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu, a Kenyan who spent nearly 18 years at Guantanamo Bay, has been released and returned to Kenya after never being charged with a crime.
The Pentagon's decision to repatriate Bajabu marked the first release from Guantanamo in over a year, as part of ongoing efforts to reduce the detainee population.
Bajabu was categorized by a U.S. intelligence task force as a well-behaved detainee connected to a defunct extremist network, emphasizing shifts in treatment of detainees over the years.
With the recent transfer, the number of detainees at Guantanamo Bay is now 29, reflecting the Biden administration's initiative to close the facility and manage remaining cases.
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