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| Four European aid workers and two Kenyan pilots kidnapped nine months ago in Somalia have been released, French aid group Action Against Hunger says. | Four European aid workers and two Kenyan pilots kidnapped nine months ago in Somalia have been released, French aid group Action Against Hunger says. |
| The group was taken captive from an airstrip in the central town of Dhusa-Mareb last November. | |
| "Apparently all are in good health, they'll have medical check-ups," Action Against Hunger said in a statement. | "Apparently all are in good health, they'll have medical check-ups," Action Against Hunger said in a statement. |
| Somalia is nominally ruled by a UN-backed government but Islamist insurgents control large areas. | Somalia is nominally ruled by a UN-backed government but Islamist insurgents control large areas. |
| Those freed include two French women, one Bulgarian woman and a Belgian man. | Those freed include two French women, one Bulgarian woman and a Belgian man. |
| Action Against Hunger said the Kenyan pilots worked for the carrier Air Traffic. | |
| Aid workers are being increasingly targeted in Somalia and many non-governmental organisations have reduced their operations in the country which has been without an effective central government since 1991. | |
| It is estimated that about a third of Somalia's population is dependent on food aid. |