
Somalia yesterday cut diplomatic relations with neighbouring Kenya, accusing the latter of meddling in its political affairs. "Somalia calls back all its diplomats from Kenya and orders Kenyan diplomats to leave Somalia within seven days," Somali Information Minister, Osman Dube, told the state news agency. "This is an answer to the constant political violation and Kenya's open interference in Somalia's independence," he added, according to Reuters. The move comes as an escalation of a dispute between the two countries that emerged last month after Somalia expelled Nairobi's ambassador and recalled its own envoy for alleged interference in the electoral process in Jubbaland – one of the five semi-autonomous Somali states. It also comes following a recent two-day visit to Kenya […]
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