A Somali diplomat in Kenya has been held in detention for more than a week, Somalia’s ambassador has told the BBC.<\/p>\n
Ilyas Yusuf Warsame, a secretary of the Somali embassy in the capital, Nairobi, is currently “under interrogation”.<\/p>\n
Ambassador Mohamed Ali America said he had complained to the Kenyan authorities, who had said Mr Warsame did not have immunity as he was Kenyan.<\/p>\n
The arrest comes amid a security crackdown in Nairobi, amid warnings of a possible terror attack.<\/p>\n
Last September, Somalia’s al-Shabab group attacked a Nairobi shopping centre in which at least 67 people died.<\/p>\n
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