Somalia’s Information Minister Denied Entry to Somaliland

Hargeisa, 08 Dec 2013 (SDN) -Somalia’s Information, Telecommunication and Transportation Minister Abdullahi Elmoge Hersi has been denied entry to Somaliland on Friday, Horn of Africa Newspaper reports.

According to the newspaper report, Elmoge along with Somali-Ethiopian officials were heading to Jigjiga to attend the 8th Ethiopian Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Day celebrations hosted in the city, but he was denied his entry to Somaliland to travel with the officials by car into Ethiopia.

Horn of Africa Newspaper also reported that the Ethiopian officials were allowed entry to carry on their travel, but Elmoge was forced to wait a private airplane to take him straight to Jigjiga.

Somalia’s Federal Government and Somaliland did not comment on the issue.

Recently, there has been a passport dispute between Mogadishu and Hargeisa, after Somaliland refused to allow entry for the banned Somali passport.

Local Air travel between the capital Mogadishu and Berbera, was grounded for days, after air carriers canceled their flights due to the row.

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