We haven`t received any report on her departure to Somalia,"
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - An Indonesian medical volunteer of the Fast Response Action (ACT), Dr. Aisha Wardhana, has been reported missing somewhere between Nairobi (Kenya) and Mogadishu (Somalia) since August 31, 2011.

According to an ACT press release received here on Monday, word on Aisha`s disappearance was received by the Fast Respons Action (ACT) from Wardhana`s African local guide, Charles Etoundi, Sunday (Aug 4) through Wardhana`s cellular phone.

Etoundi said Wardhana was kidnapped by unknown people armed with guns.

The last contact Wardhana had with the Indonesian team was through a Blackberry Messenger on August 29. She said in her message she was about to leave for Nairobi and from there proceed to Mogadishu.

The ACT team in Somalia was now making serious efforts to collect information on Wardhana`s whereabouts.

Wardhana, who is a plastic surgeon, was scheduled to go to Somalia with the Indonesian ACTon Team for Somalia on Friday (Aug 19).

The Indonesian ACTion Team for Somalia is a humanitarian team sent by the Indonesian Committee for Somalian Solidarity (KISS) to respond to the famine in Somalia.

Meanwhile, Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Michael Tene said on Monday the ministy had also taken action on Wardhana`s disappearance in coordination with the Indonesian Embassy to Naerobi.

"We haven`t received any report on her departure to Somalia," Tene said.

The ministry was also trying to contact Wardhana`s family in Indonesia to confirm Wardhana`s departure to Somalia.

Meanwhile, the executive director of the Indonesian Committee for Somalian Solidarity, Syuhelmaidi Syukur, said Aisha Wardhana was not included in the Fast Response Act (ACT) team for Somalia dispatched on August 19.

According to the latest report received by Syukur, Wardhana had been released by her captors and was now in Johannesburg, South Africa.

"However, we have not been able to communication with Aisha herself," Syukur said.

The Fast Response Act team for Somalia was scheduled to return to Indonesia later this week.(*)

Editor: Aditia Maruli Radja
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