UN official in Somalia released

Toronto Telegraph Tuesday 23rd October, 2007

A senior UN food aid official has been released in Somalia, nearly a week after he was seized by dozens of intelligence officers.

Idris Osman had been detained on unspecified charges, leading to international pressure on the government and halting food aid distribution.

The United Nations condemned his arrest as a violation of its immunity.

Rampant insecurity has forced many aid agencies to quit Somalia, leaving the United Nations and a few other groups to run limited operations staffed almost entirely by Somalis.

In the latest violence, several Ugandan peacekeepers were wounded near Mogadishu port late yesterday by mortar bombs apparently fired at them by unknown attackers.

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