The Singapore-registered chemical tanker MT Gemini was released yesterday, 215 days after it was hijacked off the Kenyan coast. Somali pirates released 21 of the tanker's crew members, but took four South Korean nationals ashore to a safe haven in Somalia. Kenyan forces continue to pursue al Shabaab fighters who stormed a Kenyan security post in Mandera earlier this week.
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