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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, reports say. | |
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, when gunmen fired on the men's car, witnesses say. | |
The UN based in neighbouring Kenya says it cannot confirm the kidnapping, although it had confirmed it earlier. | |
A number of foreign aid workers have been kidnapped in Somalia in the past few months. | |
It is not known why the two men, who are believed to be working for the FAO-funded Somalia Water and Land Information Management project, may have been kidnapped. | |
It is 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. | |
In February, MSF withdrew all its international staff from Somalia after three of its workers were killed by a bomb. |