Somalia rejects experiences of settlement to share maritime oil in Indian Ocean with Kenya
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia has no plans to share oil revenues with Kenya, Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Gulaid stated after experiences of an alleged settlement between Nairobi and Mogadishu on a controversial maritime border battle within the Indian Ocean on native media in Kenya.
The 2 international…
Maritime case separate from normalization of diplomatic relations, says Deputy Prime Minister
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The normalization of the ties between Nairobi and Mogadishu may have no vital influence on the matter between Kenya and Somalia throughout the ocean border into the Indian Ocean, it has now emerged, one thing that might provoke an attention-grabbing situation in the…
War reparations have been at the heart of debates in the International Court of Justice since Tuesday. In 2005, this UN court found Uganda guilty of interfering in the affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and ordered compensation for the damage caused during the Ugandan army's occupation of Ituri, in particular. billion dollars in Kampala.…
Kenya now wants the dispute over the maritime border with Somalia to be withdrawn from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and resolved through bilateral negotiations.
This comes days after Kenya decided not to take part in the maritime delimitation case in court.
In a statement sent to news outlets, the Foreign Ministry insisted that Somalia should only normalize its relations with Kenya following their 'unprovoked and unjustified' decision to sever diplomatic relations.
"... Kenya reached the decision not to…
Somalia delivers closing arguments in maritime border dispute
THE HAAG, The Netherlands - Somalia asked the United Nations Supreme Court to overturn Kenya's request for a latitude maritime border stretching into the Indian Ocean in a decades-old legal dispute between the two East African nations.
Kenya abruptly withdrew from the case, days before they were due to start on Monday,…
ICJ concludes hearing on Kenya-Somalia's maritime border case
HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Court of Justice will on Thursday conclude the hearing on the maritime border dispute between Kenya and Somalia after nearly a week of submissions to the Hague-based court, which has jurisdiction to deal with the cases.
In the last week, the court has dealt with the case after…
Somalia's Deputy Prime Minister is hoping for a 'happy' outcome in the maritime case
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia, Mahdi Mohamed Guled, said on Tuesday that he hoped the outcome of the maritime dispute between Kenya and Somalia, which is currently before The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ), would be "a source of joy for all Somalis."
"I…
Stability in jeopardy as Somalia and Kenya spit across the sea border
The ongoing standoff between Kenya and Somalia over a large area of the Indian Ocean has caused concern among hundreds of thousands of people who depend on the region's rich fishing areas to survive.
"We are really concerned," Kenyan fisherman Adam Lali told DW. "If border issues are not handled well, they will…
Maritime case continues at ICJ despite Kenya's withdrawal
HAGUE - The hearing of the maritime border case between Kenya and Somalia will continue as planned, it has emerged despite last-minute withdrawal of Kenya, which is struggling to retain the oil-rich territory that Somalia accuses her of having seized.
In a timetable published last week, the International Court of Justice will…