Kenya, Somalia keep eyes on court over ocean block dispute
Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo (left) and his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta during a press conference in Nairobi on November 14, 2019. Somalis in Mogadishu demanding a solution to the maritime boundary dispute between Somalia and Kenya, after the ICJ agreed to hear the case in 2017. PHOTO | PSCU
Somalia’s diplomatic relations with Kenya will in 2020 be tested depending on the outcome of the maritime boundary case which is due to be determined in June.
As Mogadishu and Nairobi appeared to iron out relations as 2019 was coming to an end, legal experts said the case at the International Court of Justice was a sticking point and could make or break this rapprochement in 2020.
