Somalia: Authorities Search for Aid Workers Kidnapped By Gunmen

Somali security forces are searching for five aid workers who were kidnapped by gunmen in the south-west of the country.

Reports indicate that the aid workers were abducted on the outskirts of Baidoa, which lies some 250 kilometers southwest of the capital Mogadishu.

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