[Published: Wednesday October 07 2009]
Uganda releases Somali minister
Kampala, 07 Oct-(ANA)-Somalia's junior minister for defence has been released after a brief detention in Uganda, authorities say.
Sheikh Yusuf Mohamed Siad, a former Islamist warlord, was detained by Ugandan security forces during a trip to the capital Kampala on Tuesday.
Army spokesman Lieut Col Felix Kulayigye said he was arrested following a tip-off that a Somali dissident had entered the country.
When it became clear who the man was, he was set free, Col Kulayigye said.
Mr Siad had apparently been visiting relatives in Kampala, but had not told the Ugandan authorities of his trip, and was reportedly bundled into an unmarked police car on Tuesday. (ANA)
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