Somalia accuses Ethiopia of interference, sends its ambassador back to Addis Ababa. The Somali government announced on Thursday that it had requested the expulsion of the Ethiopian ambassador and closed Ethiopian representations in the country.

Historically stormy relations between the two countries have been strained since the announcement, on January 1, of the signing of a "memorandum of understanding" between Ethiopia and the separatist Somali region of Somaliland. Somalia criticizes its neighbor for having received… . New episode of tensions between theTwo neighbors in the Horn of Africa.