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UN top court to hear Kenya-Somalia border dispute
Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohammed (left) with his host President Uhuru Kenyatta after addressing journalists at State House in Mombasa on April 27, 2012. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Kenya will respond to a Somali complaint that Nairobi wrongly claims swathes of seabed that Mogadishu insists are its own during four days of hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague from September 19.
- Mogadishu is seeking to claw back authority over its territorial waters, including an area of the Indian Ocean bordering Kenya's territorial waters that is potentially rich in oil and gas deposits.
The UN's top court said on Thursday it would hold hearings in September into a maritime border dispute between Somalia and Kenya that may decide the fate of potentially lucrative oil and gas reserves.
Kenya will respond to a Somali complaint that Nairobi wrongly claims swathes of seabed that Mogadishu insists are its own during four days of hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague from September 19.
