Standoff over captives between Yemen and Somaliland not yet solved

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Standoff over captives between Yemen and Somaliland not yet solved
Nine Yemeni nationals along with their two boats have been seized in the Zeila area of Somaliland. The six Yemeni men stand accused by the Somali authorities to smuggle people from Somalia to Yemen.
After these news reached Yemen the Yemeni security forces in Dubab arrested a Somali livestock trader and three Yemenis to press the six Yemenis free. Yemeni fishermen and livestock traders suspended their work in Dubab to avoid any further arrest and demand now from the Yemeni authorities in Dubab to swiftly free the Somali livestock trader as a first step to solve the issue and release all captives.
The news came while the recent incident in which two Yemeni fishermen have been killed and another one was wounded by international anti-piracy warship, which fired at their boat in the Red Sea, has not been clarified. Abdu Mrwani and Mohammad Najai were killed and Ahmed Marwani was seriously wounded when a Russian warship fired at their boat in the Red Sea off the Sudan coast.
MV VIVTORIA, held off Eyl has concluded the negotiations and is due to be released, local sources reported.
Fighting among the pirate group holding MV HANSA STAVANGER has reportedly again caused a setback in the conclusion of the case, thought the insurance underwriters finally agreed this week to pay a ransom. Coastal observers also reported that another deadly shooting incident near Harardheere has caused the whole area to be be extremely tense. Not a good prospect for a smooth release operation. If it is true that the underwriters actually agreed to a higher payment than what had been asked for during latest negotiations could not yet independently be confirmed.
The Egyptian lady journalist, who wanted to portrait the crews on the Egyptian vessels MOMTAZ 1 and SAMARA AHMED - held for illegal fishing at the Gulf of Aden coast near Laskooray left Puntland without much success. The captors are increasingly angry that neither the Egyptian government nor the owner respond to their demand for a fine.
Indonesian officials have urged the Malaysian government to increase their efforts in order to achieve a release of the Malaysian tugboat MASINDRA 1 and her 11 Indonesian seafarers, because the Malaysian owner of the vessel has now also broken promises he gave to the Indonesian side. The case is now pending a solution for nearly seven month and is the longest present hostage situation of any ship.
Based on the media hype around the release of seven Sechellois seafarers from the M/S INDIANOCEAN EXPLORER against a ransom, the captors of 3 other Seychellois men from the sunken catamaran SV SERENITY, who had given in to demands by local elders and humanitarian groups to let the men stay and be freed together with the abducted crew of FV WIN AR 161, have reportedly now started to ask for money for the three hostages. The Government of the Seychelles had contracted a company to negotiate for their release but stated that this negotiator had let them down. Mystery still also sourrounds the claimed sinking of the former research vessel M/S INDIANOCEAN EXPLORER.