Pirates free UN crew with tsunami relief food

Somali gunmen who hijacked a UN vessel with a 10-man crew carrying tsunami relief food have released the ship after nearly 11 weeks.

Pirates hijacked the Kenyan MV Semlow on June 27 near the Harardheere area on its way to Bosasso port with 850 tonnes of rice donated by Germany and Japan.

Negotiators had agreed to send the rice to the capital Mogadishu early on in talks but the pirates pressed more demands.