CALGARY - Kidnappers holding an Alberta journalist in Somalia have demanded a $2.5-million US ransom in exchange for her release, a local chief in contact with the abductors said Sunday.
Dahir Farah has been participating in negotiations to free Amanda Lindhout - a 27-year-old journalist from Sylvan Lake, Atla. working out of Baghdad - Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan and their Somali fixer, who were all abducted on August 23. The three were on the road between the capital Mogadishu and Afgoye, when they were kidnapped at gunpoint.
"The kidnappers demanded $2.5 million (US) and we are trying to secure their release," Farah said. more..http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=d5f37e3a-fae7-41aa-8c99-0addfb5f23c7
Dahir Farah has been participating in negotiations to free Amanda Lindhout - a 27-year-old journalist from Sylvan Lake, Atla. working out of Baghdad - Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan and their Somali fixer, who were all abducted on August 23. The three were on the road between the capital Mogadishu and Afgoye, when they were kidnapped at gunpoint.
"The kidnappers demanded $2.5 million (US) and we are trying to secure their release," Farah said. more..http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=d5f37e3a-fae7-41aa-8c99-0addfb5f23c7
2 more aid workers kidnapped in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Unidentified gunmen kidnapped two Somali employees of the U.N.'s World Food Program Sunday, a Mogadishu-based member of the organization said, bringing to 20 the number of humanitarian workers kidnapped this year.more http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080914/ap_on_re_af/somalia
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