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Kenya Rules Out Ransom Talks To Free Cuban Doctors From Shabaab |
2019-05-22 |
[RADIOSHABELLE] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ruled out ransom negotiations with Al-Shabaab ... ![]() murderous Moslems in Somalia to secure the release of two Cuban doctors kidnapped from Mandera in April. Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma, however, said an operation was ongoing to rescue the two doctors. "We believe that we’ll secure their release in the ongoing security operation but as a matter of polity, the government does not negotiate the ransom. We’re hopeful that we shall retrieve the doctors safely back home," the CS assured during a joint media briefing with European Union ![]() (EU) High Representative Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini on Tuesday. She was responding to reports that the Somali-based bully boy group had demanded a $1.5 million ransom for the release of the doctors who were attached to Mandera County Referral Hospital. |
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