MASKED gunmen abducted a Briton and a Somali working for aid agency Save the Children from a compound in western Somalia, the agency said yesterday.

Masked gunmen have abducted a Briton and a Somali working for Save the Children from a compound in western Somalia, the aid agency and a witness said today.

An explosion that witnesses said was caused by a suicide bomber killed at least 20 people today in western Somalia, including the country’s national security minister, medical and government officials said.