Somalia: UN Food Aid Officer Released Following Six-Day Detention

23 October 2007

The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed the release in Mogadishu of its officer Idris Osman, who had been detained by authorities in the Somali capital since 17 October.

"We welcome the release of Idris Osman, and are pleased that he will be reunited with his family," said WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran at WFP headquarters in Rome.

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