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14 Somalis killed by tsunami

MOGADISHU, DEC. 27. At least 14 persons, including three children, were killed and nine were missing at sea today after turbulent swells generated by the Asian tsunami hit Somalia's Indian Ocean coast, residents and officials said. The Horn of Africa country's new Government appealed for aid to repair damage caused by the powerful ripple effect of tsunamis triggered by the undersea earthquake off Indonesia.

Chaotic Somalia, where war damage to infrastructure means information can be slow to emerge, appeared the worst-affected nation along Africa's eastern seaboard, though homes and businesses in low-lying coastal regions of Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles were also damaged. ``The tidal wave badly affected the Somalia coast. There has been loss of life and property,'' said a presidential spokesman said in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

— Reuters

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