Somalia expels Ethiopian ambassador, closes consulates over port deal ...Egypt

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Two Somali officials on Thursday announced that their country has expelled the Ethiopian ambassador and closed a consulate in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland and another in the breakaway region of Somaliland, following rising tensions over a port deal. The dispute stems from Ethiopia, a landlocked country with no access to waterways, agreeing on January 1 to a memorandum of understanding to lease a 20-kilometer stretch of coastline in the breakaway region of Somaliland, a northern region that Somalia says is part of its territory despite having been self-governing since 1991. Ethiopia justified the move, saying it wanted to build a naval base there and in return offered possible recogn

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