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Al-Shabaab abductors demand Sh150m ransom for kidnapped Cuban doctors, elders say

Cuban doctor.

Suspected Al Shabaab militants who abducted two Cuban doctors in Mandera are now demanding Sh150 million in ransom.

The ransom demand was communicated through community elders who went to a remote area between the towns of Buale and El-Ade in Jubaland region of Somalia.

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