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Somali government struggles to rescue UN workers held by Al-Shabab

Somali government struggles to rescue UN workers held by Al-Shabab

The Somali government said it was working to rescue passengers from a UN helicopter captured by Al Shabaab militants, local media reported. The U.N.-contracted helicopter was conducting an air medical evacuation when a technical problem forced it to make an emergency landing near Hindhere village in central Somalia, an area …

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