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Kenya army 'rescues aid workers' from Somalia's al-Shabab | |
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Two aid workers have been rescued by the Kenyan army after being kidnapped by Somali militant group al-Shabab in 2011, the military says. | |
Daniel Njuguna and James Kiarie, both Kenyans, are now in hospital in the Somali town of Dhobley, the army says. | |
They were rescued by Kenyan troops working with the African Union force in Somalia, Amisom. | |
Kenya sent troops into Somalia in 2011 following a spate of kidnappings in border areas. | |
Amisom troops are helping government forces battle al-Shabab, an Islamist militia which is part of al-Qaeda and which controls much of southern and central Somalia. | |
Dhobley is under the control of Kenyan troops and is near the border. | |
The Kenyan army says the rescued pair will be transferred to Nairobi on Saturday. | |
Mr Njuguna works for Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and Mr Kiarie for Care International. | |
They were originally kidnapped along the Kenya-Somalia border, where there is a huge aid operation to cope with the hundreds of thousands of Somalis who have fled two decades of violence. | |
Dadaab, across the border from Dhobley, is said to be the world's largest refugee camp. |