{"id":2951,"date":"2019-05-21T20:04:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T20:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2019-05-22T03:24:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T03:24:58","slug":"nairobi-rules-out-ransom-talks-to-free-cuban-doctors-from-shabaab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2019\/05\/21\/nairobi-rules-out-ransom-talks-to-free-cuban-doctors-from-shabaab\/","title":{"rendered":"Nairobi rules out ransom talks to free Cuban doctors from Shabaab"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI (SoOHA) –<\/strong> The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ruled out ransom negotiations with Al Shabaab militants in Somalia to secure the release of two Cuban doctors abducted from Mandera in April.<\/p>\n

Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma however said an operation was ongoing to rescue the two doctors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that we\u2019ll secure their release in the ongoing security operation but as a matter of polity the government does not negotiate ransom. We\u2019re hopeful that we shall retrieve the doctors safely back home,\u201d the CS assured during a joint media briefing with European Union (EU) High Representative Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

She was responding to reports that the Somali-based militant group had demanded for a $1.5 million ransom for the release of the doctors who were attached to Mandera County Referral Hospital.<\/p>\n

The doctors \u2013 a general practitioner and a surgeon \u2013 were abducted on April 12 while commuting to work.<\/p>\n

In her remarks during bilateral talks with the visiting envoy, CS Juma commended the EU\u2019s efforts towards peace in Somalia through the Counter-terrorism Law Enforcement Project \u2013 Horn of Africa and Yemen.<\/p>\n

She appealed for EU support to Kenya\u2019s bid to have Al Shabaab listed as a terrorist organization under the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1267 of 1999.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn combating global terrorism and sustaining the painful gains, we urge you to support Kenya in listing the Al Shabaab as a terrorism organization under the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSC) 1267,\u201d she urged.<\/p>\n

Juma\u2019s call for the listing of the Somali-based militant group under Resolution 1267 follows the abduction of two Cuban doctors attached to the Mandera County Referral Hospital on April 12 by al-Shabaab militants, a move the foreign ministry termed as a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n

Resolution 1267 was crafted on October 15, 1999, following repeated acts of aggression by the Taliban and groups linked to it.<\/p>\n

UNSC had noted a significant rise in illicit production of opium, and the Taliban\u2019s capture of the Consulate-General of the Islamic Republic of Iran and murder of Iranian diplomats in Mazar-e-Sharif.<\/p>\n

Source: CAPITALNEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI (SoOHA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ruled out ransom negotiations with Al Shabaab militants in Somalia to secure the release of two Cuban doctors abducted from Mandera in April. Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma however said an operation was ongoing to rescue the two doctors. \u201cWe believe that we\u2019ll secure their release in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-health-cluster","category-news","category-relief"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t