Somali Defense Minister Kidnapped in Uganda
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An official says Somalia's defense minister has been kidnapped in Uganda's capital.
A Somali government spokesman says Defense Minister Yusuf Mohamed Siad was abducted Tuesday as he walked out of a mosque in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
Calls to authorities in Uganda were not immediately returned.
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Somalia is one of the most violent countries in the world. Its beleaguered government is struggling to contain a powerful and growing insurgency. Some 5,000 African Union peacekeepers keep watch over key government installations in the capital. But the insurgent group al-Shabab controls much of the rest of the country.