Authorities in Somalia`s breakaway region of Puntland on Wednesday allowed a radio station to resume broadcasting, three days after it was yanked off the air, a watchdog said Wednesday.

Paris-based Reporters Without Border (RSF) said privately-owned Radio Galkayo resumed operations and its detained director, Hassan Mohamed Jama, was released but ordered to report to a Galkayo court on Thursday.

The station was ordered off air on Sunday after it carried a news item claiming that Puntland President Musse Adde, who visited Galkayo township on Sunday, was collecting arms from government stores.

The radio station reported that Adde plans to use arms to defend himself after he rigs elections slated for December 30, a police official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Puntland, situated in northeastern Somalia, declared itself autonomous in August 1998.