Somalia's federal state of Puntland challenged an oil exploration agreement between the federal government and global oil firms ExxonMobil and Shell, contesting the government's authority to enter such agreements without Puntland's consent, Africa Review reported Sunday (June 22nd).
"Puntland rejects any such agreement entered [by the Federal Government of Somalia] because we were not consulted on the matter," Director General of the Puntland Ministry for Mineral Resources and Petrol Issa Mohamoud Farah said in an interview with the BBC Somali Service.
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