HARGEISA, June 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Hanab Ahmed's 18-year-old son Mohammed did not come home for lunch or answer his phone, she feared that he - like several other teenagers who had disappeared from their neighbourhood - had set off for Europe, risking kidnapping and death.
A month later, Ahmed, who lives in Hargeisa, republic of Somalia, received a call from her son who was being held for ransom by traffickers in Sudan.
"He said it was bad and that there wasn't enough food or water and he saw people die," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, clutching a photo of her son between fingers stained orange with henna.
"We sent $5,300," she said, which she begged from relatives
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A month later, Ahmed, who lives in Hargeisa, republic of Somalia, received a call from her son who was being held for ransom by traffickers in Sudan.
"He said it was bad and that there wasn't enough food or water and he saw people die," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, clutching a photo of her son between fingers stained orange with henna.
"We sent $5,300," she said, which she begged from relatives
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