Carrie Symonds, the girlfriend of UK prime minister Boris Johnson, has reportedly been refused entry to the United States for a planned visit.
Symonds had applied for permission to enter the country in the next few days as part of her role at Oceana, an environmental group.
The request was blocked by US officials, the Daily Mail reported, because of a previous visit to Somaliland.
The US does not recognise Somaliland as an independent country, categorising it instead as part of Somalia.