MOMBASA: Officials of Somalia's transitional government have met Kenyan prison authorities in Mombasa for talks on the future of 92 convicted pirates held at Shimo la Tewa Prison.
The Somalis met the convicts but Kenya rejected their request to transfer the convicts to complete their sentences in a United Nations-funded prison in the autonomous Somaliland Republic. Kenyan prison authorities in Mombasa confirmed Monday that the meeting took place.