Somalia: UN Trying to Secure Release of Staff Abducted

16 March 2009

The United Nations is working to secure the unconditional release of four staff members who were abducted this morning by unknown armed men in south central Somalia, the world body said.

The four were on their way to the airport when their convoy was stopped by gunmen, according to a statement issued in Nairobi by the Office of the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia.

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