Pirates release second UN aid ship in Somalia

Nairobi - Somali gunmen released a ship carrying United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) food aid on Friday after it was seized two days ago, a WFP official in Nairobi said."The gunmen initially demanded a ransom of $20 000," a WFP spokesperson told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur news agency."WFP does not pay ransom money and as negotiations were carried out by the ship's agent, we are not aware of any payments," she added.The MV Miltzow was seized after less than half of the 850 tons of food aid was being offloaded at Merka port, south-west of Mogadishu when gunmen stormed the ship and forced to leave the port.