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Somali government opposes Kenyan measure

By , based on Caasimada Online

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Somalia’s federal government firmly opposed a measure taken by the Kenyan government. The reaction was announced in Mogadishu, according to Caasimada Online, amid ongoing relations between the two neighbouring countries.

Somalia’s federal government opposed a measure taken by Kenya against two Somali journalists active on social media, Ahmed Saciid and Macruuf Xaaji. Somalia’s Information Ministry condemned the decision in a statement, Caasimada Online reports.

Mogadishu also described as false the information related to the case, according to the statement cited by the Somali media.

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