AID WORKDERS KIDNAPPED IN PUNTLAND

[Jacaylbaro]

MOGADISHU, May 10 (Reuters) - Two aid workers, one British and one Kenyan, are missing feared kidnapped in northern Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, their organisation said on Thursday.

 

CARE International said the Briton, who is from Northern Ireland, and his colleague had been missing in the Horn of Africa nation since at least Wednesday. A diplomatic source said the incident did not appear to be terrorist-related.

 

CARE spokeswoman Beatrice Spadacini said it was thought the abductions might be connected with a local issue and that tribal elders were working towards securing a release.

 

"People are confident," she said.

 

A Kenyan source, who tracks Somalia but asked not to be named, said gunmen seized the relief workers in a village some 75 miles (120 km) south of Puntland's capital Bossasso.

 

There was no word on who the attackers might be.

 

Puntland runs itself independently from the rest of Somalia and has been relatively more peaceful in recent years.

 

But the whole Somali region has a history of abductions and assassinations of local and foreign aid workers, particularly in the self-declared independent enclave of Somaliland. Authorities generally blame militant Islamists for attacks on foreigners.

[Jacaylbaro]

Boosaaso 10, May.07 ( Sh.M.Network) Labo ruux oo u shaqeynayay hay'adda Care International ayaa maalintii labaad lagu heystaa deegaano ka tirsan gobolka Puntland, iyadoo maamulka Puntland uu sheegay in uu wax ka qabanayo arinkaasi.

 

Labadan Howl-wadeen ee ka tirsan hay'adda Care International una kala dhashay dalalka Kenya iyo Britain ayaa lagu heystaa deegaanka hariibi, lamana oga wali cidda afduubka ku heysato shaqaalahaan.

 

Shaqaalahaan ayaa waxa ay howlo gargaar ka ka fulinayeen deegaano ka tirsan Puntland, xilligii la afduubanayay.

 

Wasiirka arimaha gudaha iyo amniga Maamulka Puntland, Max'ed Cabdi Xaabsade ayaa ku tilmaamay falkaasi lagu qafaashay shaqaalaha in uu yahay mid laga xumaado, isla markaana maamulkooda uu wado dadaalo lagu doonayo in lagu sii daayo dadkaasi.

 

Deegaanada Puntland ayaan horey looga baran falalka afduubka ah ee loo geysanayo shaqaalaha ajaanibta ah, waana markii ugu horreysay oo shaqaalo ajaaniib ah lagu afduubto halkaasi muddo ku dhow 5 sano.

[Garyaqaan2]

know days puntland's securaty was going out of control. Jacaylbaro sxb is about time Cade to stop down. I don't think he can handle the heat.

 

And these guys Wasiirka arimaha gudaha iyo amniga Maamulka Puntland, Max'ed Cabdi Xaabsade iyo wasiirka dawladah hoose waa tuugo. shaadoodu waa kaliya in aydhacaan masaakiinta.

[Jacaylbaro]

I don't think Oday Cade inuu is casilo but Xaabsade is a big time crazy one ,,,, anagaa iska soo erinay

 

 

Yeah,,,, they should do something about those kidnappings ,,,,,,

[General Duke]

Its a shame saxib, that the security of the state is in this type of shape.

[Garyaqaan2]

Originally posted by Jacaylbaro:

I don't think Oday Cade inuu is casilo but Xaabsade is a big time crazy one ,,,, anagaa iska soo erinay

 

 

Yeah,,,, they should do something about those kidnappings ,,,,,,

sxb kaalay wixii xunba maxaa noogu soo dirtiin

[Jacaylbaro]

looooooooool ,, kuwani idinkay idinka dhex tooseene intaanay noo soo gelin inaga qabta

[Jamster]

Nacnac ilkacas iga dheh. Xaabsade is a a legend amongst men.

 

Cabdixaafid: are you trying to be funny or something? What is wrong with Xaabsade? The responsiblity lies ultimately with the president who since he has taken the helm proved be not a classic Boqor-- something we all hoped will have a possitive affect on him.

[Jacaylbaro]

Everybody knows xaabsade sxb ,,, don't try to create stories for him ,,,, he'll be fired so soon ,,,,,