The UN refugee agency says armed men have taken its top representative in Somalia from his home in the capital Mogadishu.
A spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in neighboring Kenya said that the head of the UNHCR office in Mogadishu, who is a Somali national, was abducted by unknown men on Saturday night. Many aid workers have been abducted since al-Qaeda's top operative in the country was killed in a US air strike in May. Islamists have been waging a guerrilla war against Somali government troops since being ousted from Mungiki sect leader is shot dead ...
Deadly clashes erupt in Mogadishu ... power at the beginning of 2007 with Ethiopian assistance.
(Deutsche Welle)
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