Kenya 'will try Somali pirates'

Eleven Somali pirates captured this week by a French warship are being taken to Kenya for trial, the French defence ministry has said.The pirates will be tried under an agreement between the EU and Kenya, French officials said.They were captured by a warship from an EU force deployed to tackle a recent surge in piracy.Meanwhile, Somalia's prime minister warned in an interview that pirates could only be defeated on land.They would always find ways of evading patrolling warships, he told Focus on Africa programme.The French warship Nivose captured 11 pirates on Wednesday about 550 miles (900km) east of the Kenyan port of Mombasa.On Thursday, a French defence ministry spokesman told AFP news agency that it was expected to arrive in Mombasa within four days.Its speed was limited by the fact that it was towing captured pirate vessels, he said.