Somali leader wants amnesty for boy pirates

Author: By CNN Staff
Published On: Feb 28 2013 03:27:57 PM EST
(CNN) -

Somalia's president intends to offer partial amnesty to boys involved with pirate groups, a move designed to curb attacks on shipping off the Horn of Africa, his office says.

"We have been negotiating with pirates indirectly through the elders to see if we can organize a partial amnesty for the young boys lured in this criminal activity," Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said in a statement released by his office Thursday.

The statement didn't detail what shape the partial amnesty would take. Negotiations were in an early stage and details still have to be worked out, the statement said.

  • Copyright 2013 by CNN NewSource. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.