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Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya
Somalia has accused Kenya of violating its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Somalia’s Information Minister Osman Dube, announced the decision saying Somalia had ordered all its diplomats in Kenya to return, while Kenyan diplomats in Somalia have been ordered to leave within seven days.
In Nigeria, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau says they abducted hundreds of schoolboys in the north-western state of Katsina.
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(Image: Somali government soldiers (2019), Credit: Getty Images)
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