Tunisia’s Club Africain forward Cuthbert Malajila was on loan to Libyan first division club Al-Akhdar when protests broke out against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.

The 24-year-old former Highlanders and Dynamos footballer was stuck in Libya’s Al-Bayda city, where he had to stay indoors to avoid being involved in bloody clashes there.

Malajila’s manager, Gibson Mahachi, confirmed from Zimbabwe that the player had left Libya by crossing the border into Egypt.

“He is now safe and coming home,” Mahachi was quoted as saying in the Zimbabwean press, adding that the player would now be considering his future.

Malajila is engaged with Tunisian side Club Africain in a three-year contract that expires in June.