Anonymous Coward User ID: 341042 Netherlands 02/03/2016 10:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Saudi Arabia spoiling poor african nations:Somalia, Sudan, Djibouti to join the fight against Shia Iran Sudan, Somalia and Djibouti cut ties with Iran, and Tehran laughs; why Africa needs to watch Saudi-Iran spat closely IRAN and Saudi Arabia’s recent aggression is already playing out in Africa; Djibouti and Somalia have become the latest diplomatic ties with Iran to show solidarity with Saudi Arabia. Somalia’s government cut diplomatic ties and recalled its envoys after accusing the Iranian Embassy of establishing sects that pose a threat to national security in the Horn of Africa nation. Iranian diplomats have been “directly involved in meddling with internal Somali affairs and have carried out measures that are a threat to our national security,” Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke’s office said in a statement e- mailed Thursday from the capital, Mogadishu. [ link to mgafrica.com] |