British hostage freed in Somalia

A British contractor kidnapped in Somalia last week while working for Save the Children was freed on Tuesday evening. Regional officials in central Somalia said Frans Barnard was freed late some 250 km from the town of Adado where he was abducted.

Save the Children had been assessing the feasibility of starting up a humanitarian programme to help malnourished and sick children in the area around Adado, which lies close to the
Ethiopian border, when Barnard was seized. Listen: