Tension is said to be mounting in the border regions of Sool and Sanaag, which are disputed between the central government in Mogadishu and breakaway Somaliland.
Somalia and the self-declared Somaliland have sent troops into the disputed border regions of Sool and Sanaag, raising fears of a possible outbreak of fighting.
“I can confirm that our soldiers have been deployed to the border with Somaliland,” Abdulhakim Abdullah, a lawmaker from the Somali region of Puntland, told Anadolu Agency by phone on Sunday.
“This comes in reaction to the decision by Somaliland to send troops to the disputed Sanaag region last Wednesday,” he added.
Tension is said to be mounting in the border regions of Sool and Sanaag, which are disputed between the central government in Mogadishu and breakaway Somaliland…
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