Somalia expels workers from the European Union

 
The Somali federal government has expelled two European Union employees for allegedly taking illegal photographs of prisoners in a detention centre.

The Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, in a brief statement broadcast by the Somali national television, that it had taken the decision after receiving a request from the Somali Attorney General, Suleiman Mohamed Mahmoud, to expel the employees from the country.

The ministry pointed out that the Polish, Jask Josef Ochman, and the German Ralph Bernhard Gillig violated the laws and rules of the country, and accused them of interfering in the internal affairs of Somalia.

And the Somali government asked the Union to remove the two employees who were working in the European Union Capacity-Building Mission in Somalia from the country within 72 hours.