Somali Islamist Shebab rebels kidnapped two female Spanish aid workers from Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp, the third kidnapping of foreigners in just over a month, police said. “Two aid workers of Spanish nationality have been kidnapped by the Shebab, they are working for MSF (Medecins Sans Frontieres),” regional police chief Leo Nyongesa told AFP. Kenya has launched a search operation but the women are reported to have been taken towards the border with war-torn Somalia, where heavy fighting was reported in a town just across the border. “Two women have been kidnapped from Ifo camp, and taken away by people we believe are from Somalia,” said police spokesman Erick Kiraithe. “A driver who was…
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