The UN has temporarily suspended all non-lifesaving aid operations in Dadaab, the world’s biggest refugee camp, following the kidnapping of two Spanish aid workers near the Kenya-Somalia border.

Kenyan police says the search for 40-year-old Montserrat Serra and 30-year-old Blanca Thiebaut, both working for Medecins Sans Frontieres is ongoing.

Al Jazeera’s Nazanine Moshiri reports from Nairobi.

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