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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…

Kenya and Somalia were to meet before the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday and for ten days. The demarcation of their maritime border is at stake when significant natural resources lie at sea, but Kenya ultimately decided it would not argue. In a two-page letter sent to the court register last Thursday, the Kenyan justice minister explains his last-minute retreat: technical limitations related to the health situation, delays in the preparation of hearings given the pandemic, but also the presence on…

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…

Kenya and Somalia are before the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday and for ten days. The effort is the demarcation of their maritime border, while important natural resources are at sea. For Somalia, its maritime border with Kenya follows the course of the land border and sinks into the sea to the southeast. For Kenya, on the contrary, its border with Somalia follows a horizontal latitude from west to east. However, in the triangle between the two routes there is 100,000 km² of maritime territory and…

Tanzanian police have arrested a man for circulating posts saying President John Magufuli is in poor health. Magufuli has not been seen in public in two weeks and triggered unconfirmed reports from opposition leaders that he is unhealthy and unable to work. At least one man has been arrested for allegedly spreading false reports that Magufuli was seriously ill in the Kinondoni area of ​​Dar es Salaam, Kinondoni Regional Police Commissioner Ramadhani Kingai said at a news conference on Saturday. "There…

Dowladda Kenya ayaa ku wargelisay Maxkamadda Caalamiga ah ee Cadaaladda inaysan ka qeyb qaadan doonin muranka badda Soomaaliya ee Kenya. Kenya waxaa hareeyay ka bixitaankii maxkamada ee loogu yeero nidaamka cadaalada caruurta, oo ay kujirto diidmadeeda inay dib u sameyso kiiska - markii afaraad - faafitaanka ayaa ah sababta ugu weyn ee looga saaray tallaabo sharci ah. Xeer ilaaliyaha guud ee dalka Kenya Paul Kihara Kariuki ayaa ku wargaliyay maxkamada ICJ go’aankiisa ku aadan ka laabashada warqad 11-kii bishii Maarso u…

Dowladda Kenya ayaa sheegtay in ay ka baxayso muranka badda Soomaaliya ee Kenya, ilo diblomaasiyadeed ayaa u sheegay Axadle. Sannadkii 2019, kiiska laba jeer ayaa dib loo dhigay waxayna Nairobi ku guuleysatay inay mar saddexaad dib u dhigto bishii Maarso 2020, laakiin maxkamadda ayaa diiday inay mar afraad dib u dhigto sannadkan, taas oo dhinacyada siisay fursad isku mid ah oo u oggolaan karta labadaba. in lagu soo bandhigo cadeymo la taaban karo madal kasta. Maxkamadda ICJ ayaa usbuucii la soo dhaafay soo saartay…