Somalia has announced the expulsion of Ethiopia’s Ambassador from the country amid rising tensions over a port deal dispute in the breakaway region of Somaliland.
The office of Somalia’s Prime Minister said on Thursday that Ethiopian Ambassador, Mukhtar Mohamed was sent home for consultations.
Mogadishu is also shutting down Ethiopia’s consulates in Hargeisa, the largest city and capital of Somaliland, and Garowe, the capital city of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland.
In a brief statement on X, Somalia’s Foreign Minister, Ali Omar added that Mohamed has been given 72 hours to leave the country, following what he described as “Ethiopian interference” in Mogadishu’s “internal affairs”.
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