Somali Women’s Minister Kidnapped by Al-Shabaab in Drought Area
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Somalia’s newly appointed minister of women’s development, Asha Osman Aqil, was kidnapped by al-Shabaab insurgents , said Work, Youth and Sports Minister Mohamed Muhidin Mursal.
Aqil was seized at Johwar, 90 kilometers northeast of the capital, Mogadishu, Mursal said in a phone interview today from the city. The minister was “assisting drought-affected people in Jowhar on behalf of non-governmental organizations” when she was captured, Mursal said.