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State kicks out Somalia envoy as row over oil blocks simmers

Kenya’s Ambassador to Somalia Lt Gen (Rtd) Lucas Tumbo in his office in Mogadishu. [File, Standard]

A row over a maritime territorial area in the Indian Ocean between Kenya and Somalia has escalated after Nairobi decided to cut diplomatic relations with Mogadishu over a claim that the latter had auctioned oil blocks located in a disputed border area.

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