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Team to negotiate release of sailors

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    The Kenyan government has dispatched a team to Somalia to negotiate for the release of the crew of a Kenyan-registered ship being held in Somalia, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported on 28 August. The ship in question was reportedly hijacked a month ago off the northeastern coast of Somalia, and is being held in the town of Eyl, 150 km southeast of Garowe, the regional capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland. The team included officials from the transport ministry and representatives of the ship’s owners, and was reportedly already in Bosaso the commercial capital of Puntland, AFP said. The militiamen holding the fishing vessel are demanding one million dollars for the release of the crew, according to AFP.

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