Somali gunmen kidnap two aid workers

Gunmen have kidnapped two foreign aid workers working for the United Nations in southern Somalia.

Gunmen have kidnapped two foreign aid workers working for the United Nations in southern Somalia.

One British and one Kenyan working for UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation were kidnapped by militiamen somewhere between Bule and Sakow towns in Middle Jubba province.

The British man was reportedly  wounded during gunfire between Somali bodyguards and the militia.

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