Two employees of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have been freed by gunmen in south western Somalia, witnesses and elders said on Tuesday.
The two men, who work for MSF, a Belgian and a Dutch were taken in their car with their Somali bodyguards in Hudur, Bakol region ten days ago.
Clan elders in Rabdhure town confirmed that the two aid workers were released with out paying any ransom.
The area is run by the Islamist al-Shabab insurgent group.
The UN estimates 35 aid staff were killed last year and 26 abducted in the Horn of Africa nation, which has not had a functioning government since 1991.
amsomalia@mareeg.com
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