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Aid workers from Kenya camp seized near Somali border Aid workers from Kenya camp seized near Somali border
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Gunmen have kidnapped two Spanish doctors working for the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) near Kenya's border with Somalia.Gunmen have kidnapped two Spanish doctors working for the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) near Kenya's border with Somalia.
The two were seized from the Dadaab refugee camp, which houses hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing famine in the Horn of Africa.The two were seized from the Dadaab refugee camp, which houses hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing famine in the Horn of Africa.
Their Kenyan driver was injured and is now in hospital, MSF say.Their Kenyan driver was injured and is now in hospital, MSF say.
In recent weeks, two foreign women - one English, the other French - have been kidnapped near the border.In recent weeks, two foreign women - one English, the other French - have been kidnapped near the border.
A Kenyan driver working for the Care charity was abducted from Dadaab on 21 September. Kenyan police told the BBC they were pursuing the kidnappers towards the Somali border by road and by air.
Dadaab now counts as Kenya's third-largest city, housing 450,000 refugees. MSF have confirmed the two missing doctors are European and have released a brief statement.
The police chief for the Dadaab area told AP he believed the attackers came from Somalia because that was the direction in which they fled with the abductees. "This morning an MSF team suffered an incident in Dadaab," the statement says.
"We are following them by the road and air. We have closed the borders. We are tracking them down," Leon Nyongesa said to AP. "One driver was injured: he's currently hospitalised and stable. Two international staff are missing. A crisis team has been set up to deal with this incident."
Last month, 56-year-old Briton Judith Tebbutt was kidnapped by gunmen from a remote Kenyan resort at Kiwayu. Her husband David was killed. Mrs Tebbutt is believed to be held by the Islamist insurgents of al-Shabab in Somalia. Al-Shabab?
The attack happened near the Ifo camp, one of three areas that make up Dadaab, just 80km (50 miles) from the Somali border. In all, Dadaab now houses 450,000 refugees, making it the equivalent of Kenya's third-largest city.
The BBC's Nawaz Shah, in Nairobi, says it is highly likely that the Islamist militants of the Somali al-Shabab group carried out the kidnapping.
The doctors' driver was shot several times in the neck and is now in a critical condition in hospital, our correspondent says.
Last month, 56-year-old Briton Judith Tebbutt was kidnapped by gunmen from a remote Kenyan resort at Kiwayu. Her husband David was killed. Mrs Tebbutt is believed to be held by al-Shabab in Somalia.
On 1 October, a 66-year-old French woman was seized by an armed gang Kenya's northern resort island of Manda and taken to Somalia.On 1 October, a 66-year-old French woman was seized by an armed gang Kenya's northern resort island of Manda and taken to Somalia.
And a Kenyan driver working for the Care charity was abducted from Dadaab on 21 September.
The UN has declared a famine in two areas of southern Somalia which are largely under the control of al-Shabab.
The region is experiencing its worst drought in more than half a century.
Al-Shabab, which is affiliated with al-Qaeda and controls large swathes of south and central Somalia, had imposed a ban on foreign aid agencies in its territories in 2009.
However, it has recently allowed limited access.
The UK Foreign Office has advised against all but essential travel to the Kenyan coast near the Somali border.The UK Foreign Office has advised against all but essential travel to the Kenyan coast near the Somali border.