| Thousands of angry Somalis took to the streets of Mogadishu yesterday to protest Kenyaâs arrest of one of their countryâs most prominent warlords, who has been jailed for a month for unpaid debt. A crowd, estimated at several thousand, demanded Kenya free Hussein Aidid, who was plucked from Somali peace talks in Nairobi on Thursday on the orders of a Kenyan magistrate. âThe Kenyan government should release our leader because he was a guest of the Kenyan government and its people,â said Abukar Osman a deputy chairman of the Somali National Alliance led by Aidid. SNA officials accused Kenya of humiliating Aidid, a youthful warlord who came to power upon the death of his father Mohamed Farah Aidid. âDown with the Kenyan Government because it is not respecting its guests,â some members of the crowd chanted. Aidid is accused of owing a Kenyan businessman some $180,000 over a development deal that went sour. |