{"id":2778,"date":"2019-04-19T22:15:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T22:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2019-04-20T14:22:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T14:22:48","slug":"cuban-president-consults-kenyan-somali-counterparts-over-abducted-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2019\/04\/19\/cuban-president-consults-kenyan-somali-counterparts-over-abducted-doctors\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban president consults Kenyan, Somali counterparts over abducted doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"

HAVANA (SoOHA) –<\/strong> Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel spoke by phone on Thursday with his counterparts in Kenya and Somalia about negotiations for the release of two Cuban doctors abducted a week ago in Kenya.<\/p>\n

Diaz-Canel said via Twitter that he spoke with Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta and Somalia’s Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “as part of our efforts to secure the return of our two kidnapped doctors.”<\/p>\n

Six days ago, doctors Assel Herrera and Landy Rodriguez were ambushed by armed men who were suspected members of Al-Shabaab, on their way to work in a Kenyan community near the border with Somalia.<\/p>\n

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In the attack, one of the police officers escorting the doctors was shot dead.<\/p>\n

The doctors are part of a brigade of some 100 Cuban healthcare workers who provide medical services mainly to residents of remote communities, in this case Mandera county.<\/p>\n

Attacks by Al-Shabaab fighters are frequent in the area as the rebels try to pressure the Kenyan government into withdrawing its troops from Somalia.<\/p>\n

According to the head of the Cuban Medical Mission in Kenya, the rest of the brigade is safe and security measures have been stepped up, especially in areas bordering Somalia.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0Xinhua<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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