Uganda frees Somali minister: ambassador

Uganda has freed Somalia’s state minister for defence after his arrest and questioning by security officials in the capital, the Horn of African nation’s envoy to Kampala said on Wednesday.

Sheikh Yusuf Mohammad Siad, a former warlord also known as “Inda’ade” or “white eyes”, was bundled into an unmarked car by security agents on Tuesday, initially triggering fears among relatives and colleagues that he had been kidnapped.

“The state minister for defence, Inda’ade, has been released. He is in the Somali embassy with me,” Somali Ambassador Siid Ahmed Sheikh Dahir told Reuters.

Reuters.