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2 Aid Workers Kidnapped Near Kenya-Somalia Border

Posted October 13th, 2011 at 6:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Kenyan authorities say they suspect the Somali militant group Al Shabab is behind the kidnapping of two European aid workers Thursday, the third kidnapping of foreigners near the Kenya-Somali border in the past month. Police spokesmen said gunmen seized the two aid workers from a huge Somali refugee complex in northern Kenya. So far, there […]

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2 Aid Workers Kidnapped Near Kenya-Somalia Border

Posted October 13th, 2011 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Gunmen have kidnapped two European aid workers from a huge Somali refugee complex in northern Kenya. Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says two of its staff, both Spanish, were abducted Thursday at the Dadaab refugee complex. An official for the group told VOA that the two were seized at gunpoint from Dadaab’s recently-opened Ifo […]

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2 Aid Workers Kidnapped Near Kenya-Somalia Border

Posted October 13th, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
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Gunmen have kidnapped two international aid workers from a huge Somali refugee complex in northern Kenya. VOA’s Somali Service has learned the workers, from the medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, were seized Thursday at the Dadaab refugee complex. An official for the aid group told VOA the kidnap victims work for the group’s Spanish […]

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2 Aid Workers Kidnapped Near Kenya-Somalia Border

Posted October 13th, 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
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Gunmen have kidnapped at least two international aid workers from a huge Somali refugee complex in northern Kenya. VOA’s Somali Service has learned the workers, from the medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, were seized Thursday at the Dadaab refugee complex. A journalist in Dadaab told VOA the two workers appear to be European and […]

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Kenyan 2004 Nobel Laureate to be Cremated

Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
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The family of Wangari Maathai of Kenya has announced the 2004 Nobel peace laureate will be cremated in Nairobi on Saturday. Family spokeswoman Vertistine Mbaya said Monday the cremation is being carried out according to Maathai’s wishes. A tree-planting ceremony will also be held Saturday to commemorate her life. Maathai was Africa’s first woman to […]

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Sources: Kidnapped French Woman Taken to al-Shabab Part of Somalia

Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Sources in Somalia say a French woman kidnapped from Kenya on Saturday has been taken to a Somali region controlled by al-Shabab militants. Elders in the Somali town of Kismayo told VOA Monday that Marie Dedieu is being held in a coastal area of the Lower Jubba region, of which Kismayo is the capital. A […]

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Kenya Mediator Hopes to Get French Woman Released

Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Kenya has sent mediators to Somalia to try to secure the release of a French woman abducted from a Kenyan resort. Kenyan Tourism Minister Najib Balala tells VOA that Kenya has set up a “small team” that will try to win Marie Dedieu’s freedom, either through a rescue operation or through negotiations with the kidnappers. […]

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Britain Issues Travel Advisory Following Kenyan Kidnapping

Posted October 2nd, 2011 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
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Britain has issued a travel advisory for its citizens following the kidnapping of a French woman on a Kenyan island. British citizens are warned against traveling the coastal areas where the woman was kidnapped by Somali militants early Saturday. Kenyan officials say shots were fired as gunmen stormed the woman’s beach house near the resort […]

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Kidnappers Escape Evade Kenyan Forces, Flee to Somalia

Posted October 1st, 2011 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
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A gang of militant gunmen who kidnapped a Frenchwoman in Kenyan territory have evaded Kenyan naval forces and escaped to Somalia. Kenyan officials say the militants landed on Kenya’s Manda Island under cover of darkness early Saturday. They stormed the woman’s beach house in a hail of gunfire that terrified neighbors. The militants then carried […]

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Kenya: Pirate-Kidnappers Surrounded at Sea

Posted October 1st, 2011 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
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Kenyan authorities are in pursuit of suspected pirates blamed for kidnapping a wheelchair-bound French woman from her beach house. Kenyan Tourism Minister Najib Balala said the pirates’ ship has been surrounded by two Kenyan ships and that Kenya is also following the pirates from the air. Earlier, officials said shots had been fired during the […]

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