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Two workers of Save the Children organization have been kidnapped in Somalia by unknown gunmen, the charity organization said.

The two men, a Zimbabwean security consultant and a local aid worker were seized from the town of Adado near the Ethiopian border, local witnesses have told the BBC.

The security consultant who is also believed to be a British national had reportedly gone to Adado to see if it was safe enough for Save the Children to set up a base there.

"The gunmen, heavily armed with machine-guns, stormed the building where the men stayed and they took them," local elder Mohamed Abdullahi told the AFP news agency.

Save the Children said it has no details on the pair's well-being or whereabouts. Several foreigners have been kidnapped in Somalia in recent years.