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Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Mogadishu turns to Nairobi amid row with Jubaland

Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud (left) on 15 June 2024 in Lucerne (Switzerland) and Jubaland president Ahmed Madobe on 22 August 2019 in Kismayo. © Michael Buholzer/Pool/EPA/MaxPPP//Stringer/AFP

Somalia's central government wants Kenya's help in unseating the newly elected president of its largest federal state. Tension continues to mount in southern Somalia, under the watchful eye of its international security partners. [...]

Published on 05/12/2024 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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