Uganda police say kidnapped US woman and driver are freed
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ugandan police say they have rescued an American woman and her driver who had been kidnapped in a national park.
Police said in a Twitter update late Sunday that the two "are in good health" and "in the safe hands" of security officials.
Authorities gave no more details.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ugandan security teams had been hunting down kidnappers who had demanded a $500,000 ransom after taking the American and the Ugandan at gunpoint in a popular national park.
The incident happened last week on Tuesday.