UN: Aid agencies suspend work in eastern Chad
Six aid agencies have suspended operations in Chad after the kidnapping of a Red Cross worker, the UN said on Friday.
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Gunmen kidnap four in Somali capital's main market
Gunmen kidnapped two Kenyans and two Somalis working for a printing company in an area of Mogadishu controlled by Islamist insurgents, witnesses said.
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Darfur aid workers near a month in captivity
Efforts to free two women aid workers kidnapped by gunmen in Sudan's Darfur almost a month ago are "ongoing", officials said on Tuesday.
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Three German women captives killed in Yemen
Three German women from a party of nine kidnapped foreigners have been found dead in north Yemen, a government and a tribal source said on Monday.
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Somali gunmen free aid workers
Somali gunmen freed two European aid workers on Tuesday without receiving a ransom after holding the pair hostage for nine days.
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Gunmen demand $1-million ransom for aid workers
Gunmen have demanded a $1-million ransom for the release of three aid workers taken over the weekend, a local elder said on Monday.
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Philippines prepares rescue as rebel deadline passes
The Philippines imposed a state of emergency on Tuesday on Jolo island and troops prepared for a possible rescue of three Red Cross workers.
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Kidnappers make new demands, threaten to behead aid worker
The Philippines said it was impossible to comply with the demand of kidnappers holding three Red Cross workers to empty five towns of security forces.
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Three UN employees kidnapped in Somalia
Gunmen on Monday abducted three foreigners and a Somali working for the UN in southern Somalia, the latest in a string of kidnappings in the nation.
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