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| UN workers kidnapped in Somalia | UN workers kidnapped in Somalia |
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| Two foreign contractors, a Briton and a Kenyan, working for the UN in Somalia have been seized by unknown gunmen in southern Somalia, the UN has said. | Two foreign contractors, a Briton and a Kenyan, working for the UN in Somalia have been seized by unknown gunmen in southern Somalia, the UN has said. |
| They were doing work for the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. | They were doing work for the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. |
| The incident happened on a road between the towns of Bu'aale and Sikow in the Juba region of Somalia. | The incident happened on a road between the towns of Bu'aale and Sikow in the Juba region of Somalia. |
| In February, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) withdrew all its international staff after three of its workers were killed by a bomb. | |
| The identities of the two men have not been released, and there is no indication of why or where they are being held. | The identities of the two men have not been released, and there is no indication of why or where they are being held. |
| It is also not known if either man has been harmed, although there are unconfirmed reports that a white man was seen with blood coming from a wound possibly on his leg. | It is also not known if either man has been harmed, although there are unconfirmed reports that a white man was seen with blood coming from a wound possibly on his leg. |
| The car in which the two men were travelling, a four-wheel drive vehicle, has been taken. | The car in which the two men were travelling, a four-wheel drive vehicle, has been taken. |
| The UN based in neighbouring Kenya is making urgent efforts to try to contact the people who carried out the abduction. | The UN based in neighbouring Kenya is making urgent efforts to try to contact the people who carried out the abduction. |