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A plane carrying 37 people reportedly remains under tight surveillance at Nairobi’s international airport in Kenya since it arrived late Saturday 5 September from the Seychelles, carrying what Kenya is calling pirates, and the government is negotiating with the Seychelles and Somali governments over the fate of the plane and its occupants. Kenya’s Daily Nation newspaper says the “pirates” had been released by the Seychelles government, but there is no explanation of why they were held by the Seychelles, and it notes that the passengers “were scheduled to disembark from the plane and enter Nairobi from where they would have either sneaked back into Somalia or remained in the country to enjoy their ill-gotten riches.” Background, “Who is fighting whom in Somalia”, Irin humanitarian news