Uganda, April 5 -- Somalia on Thursday announced it was expelling Ethiopian Ambassador to Mogadishu as tensions between the two sides rose over alleged interference into internal affairs.

The decision came after a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Hamza Barre.

Mogadishu promptly ordered the expulsion of the Ethiopian Ambassador to Mogadishu, Muktar Mohamed Ware, effective Thursday.

The decision also said that Ethiopian consular offices in Hargeisa, Somaliland and Garowe, Puntland are closed.

The dispatch from Mr Hamza's.offixe suggested Ethiopia had doubled down on interference.

This came just a day after Puntland, the semi-autonomous region in Somalia, announced new cooperation arrangement with Addis Ababa, even after it 'su...