HAGUE (Halbeeg News) – The International Court of Justice will today deliver its ruling on the maritime case between Somalia and Kenya.
The ruling will bring to an end the case which has been running since 2014 when Somalia first filed the case at the Hague based court.
The court concluded hearings last October with Somalia alone participating in the oral hearings after Kenya pulled out citing bias.
“In addition to withdrawing its participation from the current case, Kenya also joined many other members of the United Nations in withdrawing its recognition of the court’s compulsory jurisdiction,” the foreign ministry said.
Somalia, which lies northeast of Kenya, wants to extend its maritime frontier with Kenya along the line of the land border, in a south-easterly direction.
Kenya wants the border to head out to sea in a straight-line east, giving it more territory.
The disputed triangle of water stretches over an area of more than 100,000 square kilometers (40,000 square miles).
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