Somali pirates on Wednesday released a Norwegian tanker and a Kenyan flagged fishing vessel that was in their custody for close to four months. East African Seafarers Assistance Programme head Andrew Mwangura said that MT UBT Ocean and FV Sakoba had been released and were headed to Dar es Salaam and Mombasa respectively. Sources say that a ransom was paid to the pirates but it’s not yet clear how much the pirates parted with.