Two German nationals who were kidnapped from their yacht off the Yemeni coast at the end of June have been freed.
Local elders said the two Germans were in Bossaso, the defacto capital of Somalia's Puntland region, and would German FM confirms 2 Germans kidnapped in Nigeria ...
Two Germans abducted in Nigeria ... be flown home soon. The elders said that a ransom had been paid for their release. This has not been confirmed by the Foreign Office in Berlin. The two yachtsmen were seized by pirates near Yemen before being taken to Puntland, where they were held until their release.
(Deutsche Welle)
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