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Urgent: Central African Republic's minister abducted in Bangui -- official

Xinhua, January 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

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BANGUI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Central African Republic's minister for youth and sport Armel Ningatoloum Sayo was abducted on Sunday by unknown gunmen in the capital Bangui, an official said.

Sayo's spokeswoman Tatiana Yangeko said Sayo was on his way home from church with his relatives when he was kidnapped.

The kidnapping came barely a week after a UN staff and a French aid worker were abducted in the country. Endi