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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A top U.N. food aid official detained by Somali security forces is unhurt and in touch with U.N. staff, but the world body has received no indication why he was seized, officials said Thursday.
Two U.N. World Food Program officials have spoken on the telephone with Idris Osman, a Somali in charge of the agency's efforts to help feed people in Mogadishu, and he was sent food and clothing, said agency spokesman Marcus Prior.
Dozens of heavily armed government security forces seized Osman on Wednesday, the United Nations said. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for his release.
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