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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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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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

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Kenya has notified the International Court of Justice that it will not participate in the maritime case against Somalia just a day before it is scheduled to begin. Kenya has cited the court’s perceived bias and its unwillingness to delay the case – for a fourth time – due to the pandemic as the main

A burqa clad Sri Lankan Muslim woman walks in a street of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, March 13, 2021. Sri Lanka on Saturday announced plans to ban the wearing of burqas and said it would close more than 1,000 Islamic schools known as madrassas, citing national security. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lanka on Saturday announced