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Somalis in Eastleigh are vigilance and worries about the Kenya’s reaction

Somalis business owners are living in Eastleigh, Nairobi. There has been an ongoing maritime border dispute between Somalia and Kenya, which is currently being held in the International Court of Justice. As a result, a Somali national in Eastleigh is vigilance and worries about Kenya’s reaction. Somalis in Kenya worry about their businesses when the

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Erdogan says Saudi Arabia wants to purchase armed Turkish drones

Turkey has emerged as one of the world’s premier makers of armed drones (AFP) Turkish president voiced displeasure at kingdom’s decision to conduct joint air exercises with longstanding rival Greece Saudi Arabia is seeking to buy armed drones from Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, as he voiced displeasure over Riyadh’s decision to

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Somali government praises lawyers representing maritime case at the ICJ

Photo: Credit Twitter Somalia’s Defence team International Court of Justice. As the first phase of the debate on the maritime border dispute between Somalia and Kenya concluded yesterday, the Somali government commended the lawyers representing the ICJ for presenting their arguments in this case. Deputy prime minister Mahdi Guled said Somali lawyers representing the court

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Does Kenya’s absence in the maritime case mean a victory for Somalia?

Photo: Credit Twitter Somalia’s Defence team International Court of Justice. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearing the maritime dispute between Somalia and Kenya yesterday, with only the Somali side present. The hearing began as Kenya was absent from the court and informed them that they were withdrawing from the case and would not

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Once held in Iranian jail, ex-Marine fights espionage claims

File – In this Jan. 21, 2016, file photo, Amir Hekmati waves after arriving on a private flight at Bishop International Airport in Flint, Mich. A former U.S. Marine freed from Iranian custody five years ago is in court with the American government over whether he can collect a multimillion-dollar payment from a special fund

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Somali lawyers says Kenya wanted Somalia to donate part of the maritime boundary

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

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Hope that South Africa’s COVID-19 corruption inspires action

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

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Somalia-Kenya maritime hearing begins in the ICJ

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

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Kenyans government failed to claim Somalia, maritime border

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

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe appears before court in Iran charged with propaganda

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

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