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Somalia expels Ethiopian ambassador, orders closure of two consulates

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Somalia's Prime Minister Hamza Barre speaks in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Aug. 2, 2022. [Via, VOA]

Somalia said it expelled Ethiopia's ambassador in Mogadishu and ordered the closure of two consulates - one each in the semi-autonomous Puntland region and the breakaway Somaliland region - in a dispute over a port deal.

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