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Somalia: Gunmen kidnap two aid workers Tue. July 01, 2008 04:46 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - (SomaliNet) Gunmen have kidnapped two more aid workers in Somalia in the latest attack on humanitarian workers, locals said on Tuesday. According witnesses, about a dozen men with rifles stopped the Somali aid workers on their way to Mogadishu on Monday and turned their two cars into bush near Afgooye, west of the capital. "I could see the two cars marked 'WFL' being hijacked," bus-driver Hassan Osman said. Somlai regional governor confirmed the armed men seized a Somali man and woman working for foreign charity Water For Life. Four foreign aid workers abducted in April are still being held. Meanwhile, two UN workers from Sweden and Denmark were on Saturday, briefly taken in south Somalia, until local officials were able to negotiate their release with Islamists. –Agencies News Category: Somalia Latest Headlines Latest News DRC: 'DR Congo army fights allied militia'-UN... Congo: Congolese Tutsi rebels say pulling back to he... Sudan: 10 Sudan papers suspend publication Uganda: Authorities urge ‘angered Muslims to st... Rwanda: Extradited Rwandan aide to arrive in Fr... East Africa: UN experts urge extension of arms ... Somalia: EU, NATO naval forces track HK-flagged shi... Nigeria: Gunmen release hijacked cargo ship, free cr... Somalia: Somali pirates another ship -maritime grou... Ethiopia: Ethiopian troops won't stay in Somalia "i... More News...