MOGADISHU, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Somali pirates captured a Singapore-flagged and owned container ship on Thursday, a maritime official said, and an associate of the pirates confirmed the report. Andrew Mwangura of the Kenya-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme said the MV Kota Wajar was seized 300 nautical miles north of Seychelles on Thursday morning. Details on the nationalities of the ship's crew were not immediately available, Mwangura said. Somali pirate gangs have made millions of dollars in ransom payments since last year and patrols by foreign navies in the Gulf of Aden has failed to end the problem. (Reporting by Abdi Sheikh; Editing by Jon Boyle)
Gunmen from Hizbul Islam head for Somalia's southern port of Kismayu October 1, 2009. Rival Islamist rebels battled in southern Somalia's Kismayu port on Thursday, killing at least 20 people and ...
