Asha Osman Aqiil was named women and family affairs minister on Wednesday. She was kidnapped by the Shabaab fighters in Balad town, some 30km north of the capital Mogadishu.
“Asha Osman Aqiil… is in a jail in Balad town… after she was kidnapped on her way to Mogadishu to take her new post,” said Ahmed Sheikh Mohamud, a clan elder.
“It is unfortunate that she is in the hands of the wrong people and we are praying that she is freed,” a lawmaker told AFP on condition of anonymity.
The Shabaab have waged bloody battles to topple the Western-backed Somali government.
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