18, 2016, shows a woman waving a flag as soldiers and other
military personnel of Somalia’s breakaway territory of Somaliland
march past during an Independence day celebration parade in the
capital, Hargeisa. PHOTO: MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB / AFP
Somalia announced on Tuesday it is severing
diplomatic ties with Kenya, accusing Nairobi of “recurring”
interference in its political affairs as Mogadishu prepares for
long-awaited elections.
Tensions had been rising between the neighbours and the
announcement came as Kenya hosted the leadership of Somaliland, a
breakaway state not recognised by the central government in
Mogadishu which considers the territory part of Somalia.
Information Minister Osman Abukar Dubbe told reporters that
Kenyan diplomats in Mogadishu had been given seven days to leave
and that Somalia’s envoys were being recalled from Nairobi.
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“The Somali government considers the people of Kenya a
peace-loving community who want to live in harmony with other
societies in the region. But the current leadership of Kenya is
working to drive the two sides apart,” he said in Mogadishu.
“The government took this decision to respond to recurring
outright political violations and interference by Kenya against the
sovereignty of our country.”
AFP
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