Somalia announced on Thursday the expulsion of Ethiopia’s ambassador and the closure of a consulate in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland and another in the Somaliland region, in the context of escalating tension between the two countries.

In light of the crisis in Mogadishu with Somaliland, the former is at odds with Puntland, which has begun to move away from the authority of the central government, especially after it signed a memorandum of understanding with Ethiopia.

On Wednesday, the Minister of State at the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, Misgano Arga, received a delegation from the Somali state of Puntland, headed by the Minister of Finance in the state government, Mohamed Farah Mohamed.

In Addis Ababa, the two sides discussed trade and investment cooperation as well as cooperation in the field of energy and joint infrastructure projects to strengthen and expand bilateral relations.
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Somalia announced on Thursday the expulsion of Ethiopia’s ambassador and the closure of a consulate in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland and another in the Somaliland region, in the context of escalating tension between the two countries.

In light of the crisis in Mogadishu with Somaliland, the former is at odds with Puntland, which has begun to move away from the authority of the central government, especially after it signed a memorandum of understanding with Ethiopia.

On Wednesday, the Minister of State at the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, Misgano Arga, received a delegation from the Somali state of Puntland, headed by the Minister of Finance in the state government, Mohamed Farah Mohamed.

In Addis Ababa, the two sides discussed trade and investment cooperation as well as cooperation in the field of energy and joint infrastructure projects to strengthen and expand bilateral relations.
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A military court in Puntland province has begun trying five individuals accused of links to the terrorist group al-Shabaab, convicting and sentencing four of them.

The trial took place in the city of Bosaso on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden in northeastern Somalia.

The five defendants were charged with belonging to “al-Shabaab” and using their vehicles to transport the group from mountainous areas to carry out attacks against civilians and government officials in Bosaso.

During the arrests, security forces arrested a vehicle, which the defendants are believed to have used to facilitate their terrorist activities.

Somaliland authorities have begun deploying military and artillery forces on the outskirts of Og in the eastern Sool region.
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