Somali women Ifrah Hilowle Ahmed (R) Khadija Ahmed (C) and Saynab Sheik Ahmed whose sons are missing after they were taken for military training are seen with their remaining children during a Reuters interview in Mogadishu, Somalia January 19, 2021. Picture taken January 19, 2021. [Reuters]
Ali Jamac Dhoodi thought his son was working as a security guard in Qatar, helping prepare for next year’s soccer World Cup. Then one day last April, officials from Somalia’s National Intelligence Agency arrived with $10,000 in cash.