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ICJ starts hearing Kenya-Somalia maritime row case despite protests

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Nation | by Joseph Wangui


The International Court of Justice (ICJ) started hearing the maritime dispute between Somalia and Kenya after judges turned down the Kenyan government’s request to address it.

The hearing kicked off Monday at 3pm The Hague time (6pm local time) with Somalia government’s legal team starting its two days of oral arguments, demonstrating why the disputed area measuring about 100,000 square kilometres belongs to Mogadishu.

It is not yet adequately clear whether Kenya will make its oral arguments scheduled for Thursday and Friday with the court, which…

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