Lawyers for the Somali government have told the ICJ that the Kenyan government has always wanted a peaceful settlement, and has been reluctant to seek justice. Lawyers says Kenya wanted to voluntarily part of the Somali maritime boundary and have always opposed legal separation. They dismissed reports that the two governments had previously reached an

Photo/Somali Times Somalia on Monday received its first shipment of 300,000 doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, destined for frontline workers and those most at risk from Covid-19, the government said in a statement, while a growing number of countries have been suspending the use of the vaccine. The conflict-torn nation has seen coronavirus cases soar

File — In this Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 file photo, former South African President, Jacob Zuma, appears at a hearing of the Zondo Commission of Enquiry into State Capture. A special unit in the country is now investigating nearly $900 million worth of possible corruption in the procurement of COVID-19 contracts at the same time

The Hague, the Netherlands on Monday, March 15, 2021, is set to hear the maritime dispute between Somalia and Kenya. Lawyers representing Somalia will today present their arguments on the maritime dispute, and are in the final stages of preparation. Somali citizens have been standing in front of the courthouse for hours, optimistic about the

The Kenyans government knows that they don’t have a legal justification to claim Somalia, maritime border now they are pulling out the dispute before law article 53 of ICJ rules says. Whenever one of the parties does not appear before the Court, or fails to defend its case, the other party may call upon the

File – In this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 file photo, a health worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to a patient inside the convention center known as “La Nuvola”, The Cloud, in Rome. Irish health officials have recommended the temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine after reports of serious blood clotting

The British-Iranian aid worker is charged with ‘propaganda against the system’ (Reuters) By Daisy Lester British Foreign Secretary accused Tehran of putting her through ‘a cruel and inhumane ordeal’ British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe appeared on trial on Sunday at Iran’s Revolutionary Court, charged with “propaganda against the system.” Her lawyer Hojjat Kermani hopes she

Kenya’s foreign exchange reserves have declined by 27.8 billion shillings (about 254 million U.S. dollars) since the start of March, pulled down by external loan repayments. The forex reserves fell from 7.605 billion dollars at the end of February to 7.351 billion dollars on March 11, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) said in its

British-born Asma al-Assad has been under EU and US sanctions since 2012 (AFP) By Middle East Eye Britain’s Metropolitan police have opened a preliminary investigation into allegations that Asma al-Assad incited war crimes London’s Metropolitan police have opened a preliminary investigation into allegations that Asma al-Assad, the first lady of Syria, incited and encouraged terrorist

By Elena Teslova Russian foreign minister visits UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar From March 8 – 12, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov toured the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and Qatar to discuss regional and international issues. The tour began with the UAE, where Lavrov met the Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin