**Somalia’s junior minister for defence who was briefly held in Uganda has been released, Uganda’s army spokesman says.**Sheikh Yusuf Mohamed Siad, a former Islamist warlord, was detained by Ugandan security forces during a trip to the capital Kampala on Tuesday.
The army spokesman said he was arrested following a tip-off that a Somali dissident had entered the country.
He added that it later became clear he was Somalia’s minister who was on an unannounced visit to Kampala.
Mr Siad was apparently visiting his family who have relocated from Somalia to Uganda.