Tit-for-tat as Somalia bans Nairobi meetings

Presidents Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo of Somalia and Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta at the national prayer breakfast held at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi on May 31, 2018. Somalia has barred its officials from attending any meetings hosted in Nairobi in protest of visa denials. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Somalia's boundary tiff with Kenya has taken a new turn after Mogadishu barred its officials from attending any meetings hosted in Nairobi to protest last week's visa denials.

The Somali government has also given non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in Somalia one month's notice to relocate their centres to Mogadishu or be barred from operating there.