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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Ukraines foreign affairs ministry says four of its citizens were among those captured by al-Qaida-linked extremists in Somalia after their helicopter, which was contracted by the United Nations, made an emergency landing in territory controlled by the militants last week.

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Ukraines foreign affairs ministry says four of its citizens were among those captured by al-Qaida-linked extremists in Somalia after their helicopter, which was contracted by the United Nations, made an emergency landing in territory controlled by the militants last week.

Ukraine's foreign ministry confirmed the capture of four Ukrainians on the territory of Somalia, controlled by anti-government Islamist militants.

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MOGADISHU: Soma­lia’s military said on Thursday it was searching for a number of people “taken hostage” by...

Somali national forces in the area where a UN helicopter was captured by al-Shabaab fighters are continuing to search for passengers, according to Daud Aweis,

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Fighters with al-Qaida's East Africa affiliate al-Shabab attacked a United Nations helicopter that made an emergency landing Wednesday in territory controlled by the extremists in Somalia, killing one passenger and abducting five others, officials said.

A United Nations helicopter carrying several passengers has been captured by terror group al-Shabaab after making an emergency landing in an area controlled by the group, a UN spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.