ICJ Announces Final Date of hearing the Maritime Case between Somalia And Kenya

The International Court of Justice has set the final date for hearing the maritime issue between the two neighbouring countries; Somalia and Kenya which will be on Thursday. This means that Somalia will conclude its legal case to the International Court of Justice.

This comes after Kenya refused to take part in the hearing procedure which was scheduled to present its case to the court on Thursday between 3 PM and 6 PM and on Friday from 3 PM to 4:30 PM.

Somalia finalised the first phase Presentation of its case in the first round of oral argument in the Maritime case with Kenya on Tuesday. The lawyers representing Somalia revealed that Kenya violated Somalia’s territorial integrity.

The Somalia government praised the lawyers representing its case at the ICJ after the legal team concluded their first phase of oral arguments in the maritime dispute against Kenya.

The international court will judge who has legal jurisdiction over a potentially lucrative, triangular stretch of 100,000 square kilometres of offshore territory believed rich in hydrocarbons and fish. Somalia argues that the maritime boundary should follow the land border’s direction – known as the median or equidistant boundary – and run diagonally. Conversely, Kenya wants it to run parallel to the latitude