An African Union convoy was struck by a road-side bomb in the Somali capital of Mogadishu [May 16], killing an unknown number of Ugandan peacekeepers. [AlJazeera, May 16] A pair of aid workersāa Kenyan and a Britonāremain in the custody of their kidnappers in northern Somalia. The kidnappers are demanding “minor” political concessions from the authorities of Puntland, the semi-autonomous and relatively stable northern region of the country. [Reuters, May 15] Two South Korean fishing boats have been seized by pirates off Somalia’s increasingly unprotected coast. [BBC, May 16]
From Madrid11.net Security Briefs, May 16
Pirates kill hostage
From AP, June 4: