Muhyadin Ahmed Roble, AfricaNews reporter in Nairobi, Kenya Photo: Mohammed Odowa
The two Kenyans who were abducted last Sunday were released from hostage last Monday night in the capital Mogadishu, a Somali official said. The manager of the printing company where the two work, Abukar Ali, said on Tuesday they are safe and have left the Horn of Africa to their native Nairobi.
Last Sunday a group of 10 armed masked men entered the Hamar Adde printing centre near Abu Hureira Mosque in Mogadishu market of Bakara, which is under the control of the Islamist group of Al-shabab and abducted the two Kenyans and two Somalis.
Abduction of foreigners and aid workers is common phenomenon in Somalia now. The country has not known peace since the overthrow of Dictator Mohamed Siad Bare in 1991.
Mogadishu
Two Kenyans who were seized by armed gunmen at a market in Somalia's capital Mogadishu were released today, according to reports.

The Kenyans, workers of the printing agency Hamar Adde, had been taken from the Bakara market, the biggest trading centre in the Somali capital, at gunpoint on Sunday. Eyewitnesses said that two Somalis in the company of the Kenyans were kidnapped as well, but later were soon released.

"They are safe ... We gave them a vacation," said the manager of the Hamar Adde printing company, Abdukar Ali, where the kidnapped men are employed. He added that the two Kenyans have flown back to Nairobi.

Kidnappings, frequently targeting aid workers and foreigners, are commonplace in Somalia. The country has not had a stable government since 1991, when warlords ousted former leader Siad Barre in a coup.