World Court sides mostly with Somalia in border dispute with Kenya
The top U.N. top
court on Tuesday ruled largely in favour of Somalia in its dispute with Kenya,
setting a sea boundary in part of the Indian Ocean believed to be rich in oil
and gas.
A new boundary
drawn by the International Court of Justice mostly followed a line proposed by
Somalia, attributing to it several offshore oil blocks claimed by Kenya.
The revised
maritime border along the exclusive economic zones for the continental shelves
of Somalia and Kenya "achieves an equitable solution", Judge Joan
Donoghue said.
Kenya, which did
secure some territory beyond the Somalia proposal, had failed to prove there
was an established sea boundary between the states, which would have given it a
greater portion of the disputed territory, the court found.
The ruling comes
after Nairobi last week said it had revoked recognition of the court's
jurisdiction. No one for Kenya was officially presented either in court or via
video link.
Somalia filed the
case in 2014 at the United Nations' highest court for disputes between states.
The case at the
ICJ, also known as the World Court, concerned a boundary dispute over more than
100,000 sq km (nearly 40,000 sq miles) of seafloor claimed by both countries.
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