Soldiers from the TNG (Transitional National Government) raided a pirate base in central Somalia and freed a South African couple who were kidnapped 18 months ago when their sailboat was seized off the Kenyan coast. Pirates have been trying to obtain a high ransom for the couple ever since.
The Mail (SA) has a photo of this couple, which is a SA white woman and her (younger looking) Italian boyfriend.
The article says they don't know if ransom was paid, but here in the Philippines, the Italians alway pay huge amounts of ransom and deny it. (The joke is that the MILF always kidnaps Italian priests because they like Pizza).
On the other hand, the MAIL article doesn't mention the TNG troops.
On the other hand, European and American reporters rarely notice when Africans are doing something like this...