ICRC sends aid to hostages

Nairobi - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said yesterday it had managed to send an aid package to 10 relief…

Nairobi - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said yesterday it had managed to send an aid package to 10 relief workers held hostage in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

"An ICRC plane went to Mogadishu yesterday [Saturday] to deliver family parcels of clothes, games and magazines sent by the wives of the hostages," an ICRC spokesman said.

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