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Four Action Against Hunger Staff Kidnapped in Somalia

ACF has set up crisis cells in Paris and Nairobi to manage the situation Paris, France — This morning in Dhusa Mareb, Somalia, four expatriates working for the humanitarian aid agency Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF) were ambushed by gunmen while en route to the airport. The kidnappers took the four Action Against Hunger staff members along with two Kenyan pilots. A crisis cell was immediately set up in Paris and Nairobi.

Action Against Hunger has been present in Somalia since 1992. The four kidnapped staff are part of a team of 220 local and 14 expatriate aid workers implementing aid programmes in Wajid, Dhusa Mareb and Mogadishu, with a coordination office in Nairobi.

About Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF), an international relief and development organization committed to saving the lives of malnourished children and families, provides sustainable access to safe water and long-term solutions to hunger. For nearly three decades, ACF has pursued its vision of a world without hunger by combating hunger in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster, and chronic food insecurity.

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Action Against Hunger - USA

James L. Phelan
Senior External Relations Officer, ACF-USA
Contact James Phelan
Direct: 212-967-7800 x108
Cell: 646-265-7796

Action Against Hunger - France

Sylvain Trottier
Chargé de communication, ACF-France
strottier@actioncontrelafaim.org
Direct: + 33 1 43 35 82 24
Offsite/Weekends: + 06 70 01 58 34 / + 06 70 01 58 43