Nurse

Mogadishu Tragedy: A Heartfelt Plea from a Captive Nurse, Seven Years On In a world often buffered by news of resilience and hope, the story of Sonja Nientiet stands out as an instance of endurance amid despair. Nientiet, a German nurse whose commitment to humanity took her to the war-torn streets of Mogadishu, now finds herself in a harrowing predicament. Abducted seven years ago while valiantly attending to the needs of others as part of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), she has surfaced in a video,…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - There's a powerful human story that, once again, calls for our attention. A German nurse, whose life took an unexpected and harrowing turn over seven years ago, is reaching out for help. A recently surfaced video shows her making a heartfelt plea for her freedom from the clutches of assumed Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia. Sonja Nientiet, dedicated to her work with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), was abducted in 2018 under…